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Lymphangioma Scroti
Author(s) -
Vikicevic Jelica,
Milobratovic Danica,
Vukadinovic Vojkan,
Golubovic Zoran,
Krstic Zoran
Publication year - 2007
Publication title -
pediatric dermatology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.542
H-Index - 73
eISSN - 1525-1470
pISSN - 0736-8046
DOI - 10.1111/j.1525-1470.2007.00557.x
Subject(s) - medicine , scrotum , lymphangioma , lymphatic system , lesion , lymphedema , ultrasonography , thigh , surgery , radiology , anatomy , pathology , cancer , breast cancer
Lymphangiomas are congenital malformations of the lymphatic system. We report a 10‐year‐old boy with lymphatic malformation of the scrotum, which presented as a multiloculated scrotal mass associated with edema of the left thigh and left cryptorchidism. Histopathologic examination showed scrotal lymphangioma cavernosum. Ultrasonography was of major importance for the preoperative diagnosis and to determine the extent of the scrotal lesion. Scrotal lymphangiomas are very rare. It is important to consider them in boys with a cystic scrotal mass in order to avoid misdiagnosis, improper treatment and recurrences.