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Chaabouni A, Rebai N, Fourati M, et al. Cystic lymphangioma of the kidney: Diagnosis and management. Int J Surg Case Rep. 2012;3(12):587-9doi: 10.1016/j.ijscr.2012.01.013.
Chaabouni, A., Rebai, N., Fourati, M., Rekik, S., Chabchoub, K., Slimen, M. H., Bahloul, A., & Mhiri, M. N. (2012). Cystic lymphangioma of the kidney: Diagnosis and management. International journal of surgery case reports, 3(12), 587-9. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijscr.2012.01.013
Chaabouni, Ahmed, et al. "Cystic lymphangioma of the kidney: Diagnosis and management." International journal of surgery case reports vol. 3,12 (2012): 587-9. doi: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijscr.2012.01.013
Chaabouni A, Rebai N, Fourati M, Rekik S, Chabchoub K, Slimen MH, Bahloul A, Mhiri MN. Cystic lymphangioma of the kidney: Diagnosis and management. Int J Surg Case Rep. 2012;3(12):587-9. doi: 10.1016/j.ijscr.2012.01.013. Epub 2012 Mar 30. PMID: 22963798; PMCID: PMC3484835.
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Int J Surg Case Rep. 2012;3(12):587-9. doi: 10.1016/j.ijscr.2012.01.013. Epub 2012 Mar 30.

Cystic lymphangioma of the kidney: Diagnosis and management.

International journal of surgery case reports

Ahmed Chaabouni, Nouri Rebai, Mohamed Fourati, Sami Rekik, Kamel Chabchoub, Mourad Hadj Slimen, Ali Bahloul, Mohamed Nabil Mhiri

Affiliations

  1. Department of Urology, Habib Bourguiba, University Hospital Majida Boulila Road, Sfax 3029, Tunisia. Electronic address: [email protected].

PMID: 22963798 PMCID: PMC3484835 DOI: 10.1016/j.ijscr.2012.01.013

Abstract

INTRODUCTION: Cystic lymphangioma is a rare benign vascular tumor that may arise in various sites, revealed at any age. Abdominal locations represent less than 10% of the cases preferentially involving the mesentery. We report a case of primary lymphangioma arising from the kidney.

PRESENTATION OF CASE: A 50-year-old woman was admitted for severe left lumbar pain. Abdominal ultrasonography and computed tomography revealed a 6×10 cm multiloculated cystic mass with hydronephrosis, extending along the left renal hilum. Surgical exploration revealed a retroperitoneal cystic tumor. Anatomopathologic examination concluded it to be a cystic lymphangioma.

DISCUSSION: The cystic lymphangioma is a benign malformative tumor of the lymphatic system. Surgery is the best curative treatment with complete excision, the prognosis is excellent.

CONCLUSION: Primary renal lymphangioma is exceedingly rare. Medical imaging has certain limits for the diagnosis which required histological confirmation. The treatment of choice is surgical.

Copyright © 2012 Surgical Associates Ltd. Published by Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.

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