A Case Report of Giant Cystic Lymphangioma of the Omentum

Susumu Kawate, Takashi Roppongi, Susumu Ohwada*

The Department of Surgery, National Numata Hospital
*The Second Department of Surgery, Gunma University School of Medicine

Omental cysts are relatively rare. We reported an incidentally detected giant cystic lymphangioma of the omentum. A 16-year-old boy visited our hospital because of common cold, and abdominal swelling and fluctuation were pointed out. Abdominal ultrasonograms and computed tomograms revealed a multiple cystic tumor. The resected tumor was 32×23×15 cm in size and 7,100 g in weight, the largest in the Japanese literature. The surface of the tumor was covered with omental tissues. The histological diagnosis was cystic lymphangioma.

Key words
omental cyst, abdominal cyst, cystic lymphangioma

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Susumu Kawate The Second Department of Surgery, Gunma University School of Medicine
3-39-15 Showa-machi, Maebashi, 371 JAPAN

Accepted
April 13, 1994

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