de Perrot M, Rostan O, Morel P, Le Coultre C
Department of Surgery, University Hospital of Geneva, Switzerland.
Br J Surg. 1998 Mar;85(3):395-7. doi: 10.1046/j.1365-2168.1998.00628.x.
Abdominal lymphangioma is a rare tumour usually classified with mesenteric and retroperitoneal cysts. This experience of abdominal lymphangiomas contrasts the differences between tumours in children and adults.
Between 1970 and 1996, six patients had surgical resection of an abdominal lymphangioma.
There were three children aged 4 years or less and three adults aged 36-76 years. Two children presented with an acute abdomen and one with a rapidly enlarging abdominal girth. Lymphangiomas were located in the mesentery and gastrointestinal tract. In adults, symptoms lasted from months to years and lymphangiomas were found in the pancreas, spleen and retroperitoneum.
In this series, abdominal lymphangioma presented more acutely in children and usually involved the mesentery, whereas in adults the history was longer and the tumour was found in the retroperitoneum.
腹部淋巴管瘤是一种罕见肿瘤，通常归类于肠系膜和腹膜后囊肿。腹部淋巴管瘤的这种情况体现了儿童和成人肿瘤之间的差异。
1970年至1996年间，6例患者接受了腹部淋巴管瘤的手术切除。
有3名4岁及以下儿童和3名36 - 76岁成人。2名儿童表现为急腹症，1名儿童表现为腹围迅速增大。淋巴管瘤位于肠系膜和胃肠道。在成人中，症状持续数月至数年，淋巴管瘤见于胰腺、脾脏和腹膜后。
在本系列中，腹部淋巴管瘤在儿童中表现更为急骤，通常累及肠系膜，而在成人中病程较长，肿瘤见于腹膜后。
