Korean J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg.
2011 Oct;44(5):380-382. 10.5090/kjtcs.2011.44.5.380.
Cavernous Lymphangioma Arising in the Chest Wall 19 Years after Excision of a Cystic Hygroma
- Affiliations
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- 1Department of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery, School of Medicine, Konkuk University, Korea. yonaa@kku.ac.kr
- KMID: 1447748
- DOI: http://doi.org/10.5090/kjtcs.2011.44.5.380
Abstract
- Lymphangioma is a congenital malformation of the lymphatic system and is thought to result from the failure of the lymphatic system to connect with the venous system. Lymphangioma of the chest wall is a very rare disease entity, and only a few cases have ever been documented in the literature. To the best of our knowledge, there have been few cases of recurrent cavernous lymphangioma after surgical excision of a cystic hygroma on the same side of the chest wall. Here, we report a case of a cavernous lymphangioma of the chest wall in a patient who had undergone surgical excision of a cystic hygroma 19 years earlier.
