Lymphangioma

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The lymphangioma is a benign hamartomatous hyperplasia of lymphatic vessels, with three-fourths of all cases occurring in the head and neck region.
brThe lymphangioma is a rare disease, more frequently reported in children and just occasionally in the adult patient.
Capillary lymphangioma is apparently congenital lesion of the skin or mucous membrane of head and neck region and grows slowly if at all.
The postulated mechanism of formation of lymphangioma is early developmental sequestration of lymphatic vessels that fail to establish connection with normal draining vessels at about 14-20 weeks of intrauterine life.
SYNONYMS Lymphangioma INCIDENCE Rare AGE RANGE-MEDIAN Birth 50-60% Last Updated 4/1/2001 Send mail to The Doctor's Doctor with questions or comments about this web site.
This congenital neoplasm turned out to be a lymphangioma.
Gastrointestinal: Mesenteric cystic lymphangioma.
Synonyms Cystic Hygromas, IncludedLMsLymphangiomasDisorder Subdivisions NoneGeneral Discussion Lymphatic malformations (LMs) are abnormalities of lymphatic vessels that have sometimes been referred to as lymphangiomas.

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