Lymphangioma Scroti

• Published in: Pediatric dermatology Vol. 24; no. 6; pp. 654 - 656
• Main Authors: Vikicevic, Jelica, Milobratovic, Danica, Vukadinovic, Vojkan, Golubovic, Zoran, Krstic, Zoran
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Oxford, UK Blackwell Publishing Ltd 01.11.2007; Blackwell
• Subjects: Biological and medical sciences; Blood and lymphatic vessels; Cardiology. Vascular system; Child; Cryptorchidism - etiology; Dermatology; Diseases of the lymphatic vessels; Edema - etiology; Genital Neoplasms, Male - complications; Genital Neoplasms, Male - diagnosis; Genital Neoplasms, Male - surgery; Humans; Lymphangioma - complications; Lymphangioma - diagnosis; Lymphangioma - surgery; Male; Medical sciences; Scrotum - pathology; Pediatrics; Cardiovascular disease; Benign neoplasm; Dermatology; Lymphatic vessel disease; Lymphangioma
• ISSN: 0736-8046; 1525-1470
• DOI: 10.1111/j.1525-1470.2007.00557.x

:  Lymphangiomas are congenital malformations of the lymphatic system. We report a 10‐year‐old boy with lymphatic malformation of the scrotum, which presented as a multiloculated scrotal mass associated with edema of the left thigh and left cryptorchidism. Histopathologic examination showed scrotal lymphangioma cavernosum. Ultrasonography was of major importance for the preoperative diagnosis and to determine the extent of the scrotal lesion. Scrotal lymphangiomas are very rare. It is important to consider them in boys with a cystic scrotal mass in order to avoid misdiagnosis, improper treatment and recurrences.