Jeon Tae Gyeong, Kong Do Hoon, Park Hyun Jun, Kim Suk, Park Won Young, Kim Soo Dong, Ha Hong Koo
Department of Urology, Pusan National University Hospital, Busan, Korea.
Department of Radiology, Pusan National University Hospital, Busan, Korea.
World J Mens Health. 2014 Aug;32(2):116-9. doi: 10.5534/wjmh.2014.32.2.116. Epub 2014 Aug 26.
Lymphangioma is a rare, benign mesenchymal neoplasm, which is characterized by numerous intercommunicating cystic spaces containing lymphatic fluid. It is considered a congenital disease resulting from the obstruction of regional lymph drainage during the developmental period. Lymphangioma may be focal/unilateral or diffuse/bilateral, and in the latter case, it is referred to as lymphangiomatosis. Here, we report a case of a 38-year-old man with perirenal lymphangiomatosis. The patient's chief complaint was left flank pain, and left pleural effusion was found on radiological examination. After radical nephrectomy, the pathological examinations revealed that the kidney was enclosed by a multicystic mass with intrarenal cystic dilatations. We report the case and discuss the management of perirenal lymphangiomatosis with a literature review.
淋巴管瘤是一种罕见的良性间叶组织肿瘤,其特征是有许多相互连通的含有淋巴液的囊性间隙。它被认为是一种先天性疾病,由发育期间局部淋巴引流受阻所致。淋巴管瘤可为局灶性/单侧性或弥漫性/双侧性,在后一种情况下,称为淋巴管瘤病。在此,我们报告一例38岁患有肾周淋巴管瘤病的男性病例。患者的主要诉求是左侧胁腹疼痛,影像学检查发现左侧胸腔积液。根治性肾切除术后,病理检查显示肾脏被一个多囊性肿块包绕,肾内有囊性扩张。我们报告该病例并结合文献复习讨论肾周淋巴管瘤病的治疗。