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Case Reports in Surgery
Volume 2012 (2012), Article ID 629482, 3 pages
doi:10.1155/2012/629482
Case Report

Omental Lymphangioma in Adults—Rare Presentation Report of a Case

T. Narayana Rao,1 T. Parvathi,2 and A. Suvarchala1

1Andhra Medical College, King George Hospital, Visakhapatnam 530002, India
2Division of Infectious Diseases, Andhra Medical College, Andhra Pradesh, Visakhapatnam 530002, India

Received 17 June 2012; Accepted 16 September 2012

Academic Editors: T. Çolak and R. R. Hutchins

Copyright © 2012 T. Narayana Rao et al. This is an open access article distributed under the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.

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