Hwang Seong Su, Choi Hyun Joo, Park Soo Youn
Department of Radiology, St. Vincent's Hospital, College of Medicine, The Catholic University of Korea, 93-1 Chi-dong, Paldal-gu, Suwon, Gyeonggi-do 442-023, South Korea.
World J Gastroenterol. 2009 Aug 21;15(31):3947-9. doi: 10.3748/wjg.15.3947.
Lymphangioma usually occurs in children and usually involves the skin. Mesenteric lymphangioma is extremely rare in adults. Typically, lymphangioma appears on computed tomography (CT) as a lower attenuation of a cystic mass, however, some cases appear to be a solid mass. We describe the CT and 18F-FDG positron emission tomography/CT appearance in a case of jejunal and mesenteric cavernous lymphangiomatosis mimicking metastasis in an adult patient with rectal cancer.
淋巴管瘤通常发生于儿童,且常累及皮肤。肠系膜淋巴管瘤在成人中极为罕见。典型情况下,淋巴管瘤在计算机断层扫描(CT)上表现为囊性肿块的低密度影,然而,有些病例表现为实性肿块。我们描述了一例成年直肠癌患者中,空肠和肠系膜海绵状淋巴管瘤病酷似转移瘤的CT及18F-FDG正电子发射断层扫描/CT表现。