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Lymphangioma circumscriptum associated with paravesical cystic retroperitoneal lymphangioma
Author(s) -
IRVINE A. D.,
SWEENEY L.,
CORBETT J.R.
Publication year - 1996
Publication title -
british journal of dermatology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 2.304
H-Index - 179
eISSN - 1365-2133
pISSN - 0007-0963
DOI - 10.1046/j.1365-2133.1996.d01-918.x
Subject(s) - lymphangioma , medicine , magnetic resonance imaging , lymphatic system , radiology , presentation (obstetrics) , pathology
Summary A buy with Long‐standing congenital cutaneous lymphangioma circumscriptum (LC), presented at the 1 age of 6 years with an episode of painless haemturia subsequently attributed to bladder wall involvement of a paravesical cystic retroperitoneal lymphangioma. Magnetic resonance imaging demonstrated this lymphangioma to be in communication with the cutaneous lesions. Deep lymphatic and visceral involvement is an extremely unusual occurrence in association with LC. This is the first repost of an association between LC and cystic retroperitoneal lymphangioma. LC occasionally heralds a deeper, more clinically significant lymphangioma which may not become apparent until years after the initial dermatological presentation. We report this case to raise awareness of this potential association and to demonstrate the usefulness of magnetic resonance imaging in the assessment of the deep component of cutaneous lymphangiomas.