Large cystic lymphangioma of the pancreas: unusual finding with differential diagnosis and therapeutic considerations.
- Resource Type
- Case Study
- Authors
- Tasis, Nikolaos; Mpalampou, Eleni; Sarafi, Aikaterini; Skafida, Evangelia; Tsouknidas, Ioannis; Fradelos, Evangelos; Manatakis, Dimitrios K; Korkolis, Dimitrios P
- Source
- Journal of Surgical Case Reports. Dec2023, Vol. 2023 Issue 12, p1-4. 4p.
- Subject
- *LYMPHANGIOMAS
*DIFFERENTIAL diagnosis
*PANCREAS
*CHILD patients
*BENIGN tumors
*SYMPTOMS
- Language
- ISSN
- 2042-8812
Lymphangiomas are rare benign tumours of lymphatic vascular origin. They are more common in the paediatric population and manifest mainly in the neck and axillary region. Retroperitoneal lymphangiomas are <1% and pancreatic origin is even rarer. We present a case of a pancreatic cystic lymphangioma in a 60-year-old woman with chronic diffuse symptoms, diagnosed because of newly onset of diabetes mellitus. She was successfully managed with distal pancreatectomy and spleenectomy en-bloc with the cystic mass without any complications. Cystic lymphangioma of the pancreas is a rare entity presenting with a challenging preoperative diagnosis as imaging modalities may provide ambiguous information. The clinician should be aware of its complicated differential diagnosis and its persistent and subtle symptomatology. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]