Sharma J V Pranav, Kazi Farah Naaz
Surgery, Vydehi Institute of Medical Sciences and Research Centre, Bangalore, India.
J Surg Case Rep. 2021 Mar 13;2021(3):rjab062. doi: 10.1093/jscr/rjab062. eCollection 2021 Mar.
Cystic lymphangiomas are a rare entity in adults. It is commonly congenital due to obstruction in the lymphatic drainage. We report the case of a 45-year-old female who was admitted with complaints of a lateral neck swelling associated with multiple palpable cervical lymph nodes. Patient was evaluated and relevant investigations were carried out. Her radiological investigations reported conflicting results of lymphatic cyst, branchial cyst and infected cyst or abscess. However, after an excisional biopsy when the sample tissue was sent for histopathology, the results featured a lymphangioma, which is a rare finding in adults of this age.
囊性淋巴管瘤在成人中较为罕见。它通常是先天性的，由于淋巴管引流受阻所致。我们报告一例45岁女性病例，该患者因右侧颈部肿胀并伴有多个可触及的颈部淋巴结而入院。对患者进行了评估并开展了相关检查。她的影像学检查报告显示淋巴管囊肿、鳃裂囊肿以及感染性囊肿或脓肿的结果相互矛盾。然而，在进行切除活检并将样本组织送去做组织病理学检查后，结果显示为淋巴管瘤，这在这个年龄段的成年人中是罕见的发现。
