J Korean Orthop Assoc.  1987 Apr;22(2):569-572. 10.4055/jkoa.1987.22.2.569.

Congenital Cavernous Lymphangioma in Wrist - A Case Report -

• Lee SK
• Chang H
• Kwak WS

• KMID: 2445669
• DOI: http://doi.org/10.4055/jkoa.1987.22.2.569

Abstract

Lymphangioma is composed of lymphatic tissue and filled with clear or chylous fluid that develops most often in the skin and subcutaneous tissue of neck but relatively rare in extremities. It is perhaps a congnital malformation rather than a true neoplasm, and so most of these lesions are usually present at birth and have a tendency to grow very slowly. If it is developed with a cavernous type of lymphangioma, it will have more aggressive and infiltrative tendency because their margin is usually adhesive with adjacent normal tissue. A case of cavernous lymphangioma on the right wrist of an eight month old female infant, treated by surgical excision is followed up over one year and presented here with a review of the literature.

Keyword

Lymphangioma; Cavernous

MeSH Terms

Adhesives
Extremities
Female
Humans
Infant
Lymphangioma*
Lymphoid Tissue
Neck
Parturition
Skin
Subcutaneous Tissue
Wrist*
Adhesives