A Case of Lymphangioma of the Stomach

Mitsunori Hashimoto, Takayuki Kurahashi, Takashi Shimabukuro, Yuji Maruo, Hiroshi Takemoto, Akira Inoue, Akira Sugitani, Terue Sakakibara*, Kiyoshi Inoue*

Department of Surgery, Hamamatsu Rousai Hospital
*Department of Medicine, Hamamatsu Rousai Hospital

A case of cystic lymphangioma of the stomach is presented. The patient, a 61-year-old woman, was referred to the hospital because of epigastralgia. The pain seemed to be related to gastric submucosal tumor that was found when she was 58 years old. Gastrointestinal fiberscopy was performed, and needle aspiration biopsy was attempted but failed. At the operation a soft cystic mass on the anterior wall near the lesser curvature of the stomach was found and gastric resection of the distal part was performed. The diagnosis based on pathological examination was cystic lymphangioma. At the 4-year follow-up the patient was well, and free of the disease.

Key words
lymphangioma of the stomach

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25 Shougen-cho, Hamamatsu-shi, Shizuoka-ken, 430 JAPAN

Accepted
June 5, 1991

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