Obstet Gynecol Sci.  2015 Jan;58(1):77-79. 10.5468/ogs.2015.58.1.77.

Carvenous lymphangioma of the vulva

• Yoon KR
• Mo AJ
• Park SH
• Na YS
• Park ST

• KMID: 1994232
• DOI: http://doi.org/10.5468/ogs.2015.58.1.77

Abstract

Lymphangioma is a rare proliferation of the lymphatic system which is classified as either lymphangioma circumscription or carvenous lymphangioma. The involvement of the vulva is very rare and only a small number of case reports have been made on carvenous lymphangioma of the vulva. We herein report a case of 20-year-old unmarried girl presented with gradually expanding and painless tumor of the left labium majus. The mass was removed surgically and pathology confirmed as carvenous lymphangioma, with no recurrences to date.

Keyword

Carvenous lymphangioma; Vulva neoplasms

MeSH Terms

Female
Humans
Lymphangioma*
Lymphatic System
Pathology
Recurrence
Single Person
Vulva*
Vulvar Neoplasms
Young Adult

Figure

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  Fig. 1 (A) Gross appearance of the vulva . Pedulculated cystic mass arising from the left vulva. (B) Microscopic findings. Dilated lymphatic vessels, often cystic and ectatic, were lined by flattened endothelial cells with the paucicellular fibrous background in the mid and the deep dermis (hematoxylin-eosin, ×100).

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