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Original Article

J Korean Pediatr Soc. 1990;33(3):422-428. Published online March 31, 1990.

A Case of Retroperitoneal Lymphangioma.

Gyu Jin Oh¹, Jin Hyeon Park¹, Hee Jung Kwon¹, In Sil Lee¹, Kui Won Park², Je Geun Chi³

¹Department of Pediatrics, National Police Hospital, Seoul, Korea
²Department of Pediatnc Surgery, College of Medicine, Seoul National University, Seoul Korea
³Department of Pathology, College of Medicine, Seoul National University, Seoul Korea

Received: August 14, 1989;  Accepted: October 23, 1989.

Abstract

Cystic lymphangioma, or cystic hygroma, is a true, benign, congenital multic-ystic tumor arising from sequestration of embryonic lymphatic tissue. Most often it occurs at birth or early in life, and it was found most commonly in the neck, but rarely in the retroperitoneum and its distribution coincides with that of the primitive lymph sac. We have experienced a case of retroperitoneal cystic lymphangioma in a 1 year and 11 month old boy who had revealed left flank mass since birth and developed rapid abdominal distension since 3 months prior to admission. The surgical resection showed a huge multiloculated cystic lymphan- gioma. A brief review of literature was made.

Keywords :Retroperitoneal lymphangioma, Cystic lymphangioma, Cystic hygroma