%0 Journal Article
%T Linfangioma abdominal: Caso cl¨ªnico
%A Torrealba A
%A Ignacia
%A De Barbieri M
%A Florencia
%J Revista chilena de pediatr¨ªa
%D 2012
%I Sociedad Chilena de Pediatr¨ªa
%R 10.4067/S0370-41062012000100008
%X abdominal lymphangioma is a rare benign congenital malformation of the mesenteric and/or retroperitoneal lymphatics, more frequent in pediatrics. objective: to report a case with unusual clinical presentation of lymphangioma. clinical case: a two-year old boy previously health who presented with abdominal pain, lipothymia, and generalized pallor ensuing an abdominal massage. abnormal findings included an abdominal mass and ht of 17.3%. sonogram showed a large retroperitoneal mass with anechogenic areas and vasculari-zed septi. ct scans showed similar results. surgical removal and biopsy confirmed the diagnosis. discusion: abdominal lymphangioma is uncommon in children, presentation varies from asymptomatic to acute abdomen. images are essential in diagnosis and pre-op studies.
%K lymphangioma
%K abdominal
%K retroperitoneal
%K mass
%K cyst
%K child.
%U http://www.scielo.cl/scielo.php?script=sci_abstract&pid=S0370-41062012000100008&lng=en&nrm=iso&tlng=en