Mesenteric cystic lymphangioma causing intestinal occlusion in an adult patient

G Chir. 2003 Oct;24(10):347-9.

Abstract

Cystic lymphangioma is a benign tumor of uncertain etiology characterized by a slow growth; in 2-8% of cases it is localized in the mesentery. Symptomatology is aspecific and preoperative diagnosis is often difficult. The Authors report the case of a mesenteric cystic lymphangioma in a patient who had undergone subtotal colectomy eight years earlier for an adenocarcinoma occluding the sigmoid colon. The patient was hospitalized for intestinal occlusion.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Humans
  • Intestinal Obstruction / etiology*
  • Lymphangioma / complications*
  • Lymphangioma / pathology
  • Male
  • Mesenteric Cyst / complications
  • Mesenteric Cyst / pathology
  • Mesentery*
  • Middle Aged
  • Peritoneal Neoplasms / complications*
  • Peritoneal Neoplasms / pathology