Soonchunhyang Med Sci.  2017 Dec;23(2):89-91. 10.0000/sms.2017.23.2.89.

Congenital Lymphatic Malformation

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  • 1Department of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery, Soonchunhyang University Cheonan Hospital, Cheonan, Korea. entparkong@hanmail.net

Abstract

Lymphatic malformation is one of common benign disease in head and neck lesion. It frequently arises from oral cavity, pharynx, skin, and mediastinum. Huge lymphatic malformation may result in dysfunction of vital structure. Lymphatic malformation, which has commonly ill-defined margin, would affect surrounding structures which include upper aero-digestive tract with unresectable margin. Lymphatic malformation is mainly treated with conservative methods. Recently, various treatment modalities have been introduced. So, we intended to describe this disease entity with the review of recent literature.

Keyword

Lymphangioma; Vascular anomaly; Arterio-venous malformation

MeSH Terms

Head
Lymphangioma
Mediastinum
Mouth
Neck
Pharynx
Skin
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