CLINICOPATHOLOGIC INVESTIGATION OF 9 LYMPHANGIOMAS

• Published in: Pediatric Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery Vol. 7; no. 1; pp. 1 - 6
• Main Authors: TSUJINO, Tetsuhiro, INOUE, Shingo, SUGIYAMA, Masaru, TAKAMOTO, Shoji, IMADA, Shinobu, TANAKA, Kohji, TOHMORI, Hidetoshi, HARADA, Tadashi, ISHIKAWA, Takenori
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English; Japanese
• Published: JAPANESE SOCIETY OF PEDIATRIC ORAL AND MAXILLOFACIAL SURGERY 1997; 日本小児口腔外科学会
• Subjects: anomaly lesion of lymphatic vessels; hygroma; lymphangioma
• ISSN: 0917-5261; 1884-6661
• DOI: 10.11265/poms1991.7.1

Lymphangioma, which is widely known as an anomaly lesion of lymphatic vessels, is not so rare in other parts of body, but is uncommon in the head and neck, and almost cases present clinically any symptoms before 10 year-old age. Sometimes it can affect growth of the face and jaw. This lesion grows diffusely and its margin is unclear, resulting often in recurrence after surgery. In the present report, 9 cases of lymphangioma of the head and neck in childhood were investigated clinicopathologically. Further, two adult cases were added for the interest of reference. Of 9 cases, 6 were of male and 3 were of female. The cases ranged from 2 to 14 years old in age, and the mean age was 8.8 years old. But 9 cases were already aware of their lesions before 10 year-old age. Of 9 cases, 2 cases occurred in upper lip, 2 cases in tongue, one in each of buccal mucosa and neck, and others occurred plural sites in oral cavity. Five cases were clinically diagnosed as lymphangioma, but 3 cases were misdiagnosed as ranula, granuloma, papilloma and lateral cervical cyst at the first consultation. Three cases recurred after surgical operation.