Cases of Atypical Lymphangiomas in Children

Table 1

Comparison of cases.

Case	Age	Gender	Site of lymphangioma	Signs/symptoms on presentation	Treatment	Response to treatment
Case  1	6 yrs	F	Retroperitoneal	Periumbilical pain, vomiting, abdominal distension, and constipation	Surgical excision	Recurrence following resection at 6 weeks of life resulting in second surgery at 6 years. Yearly follow-up with USS for the past 9 years; no recurrence
Case  2	4 yrs	M	Retroperitoneal	Periumbilical pain, constipation, abdominal distension, and left flank firmness	Complete surgical excision	Yearly follow-up with USS for the past 8 years; no recurrence
Case  3	4 yrs	F	Mesenteric	Progressive abdominal distension	Complete surgical excision	Yearly follow-up with USS for the past 3 years; no recurrence
Case  4	8 yrs	F	Left axillary	Axillary swelling	Complete surgical excision with conservation of developing breast tissue	Yearly follow-up with USS for the past 3 years. No recurrence and normal symmetrical breast development
Case  5	14 months	M	Right axillary	Swelling on the anterior chest wall since birth with increasing size	Observation for the first year followed by complete surgical excision due to progressive increase in size	Yearly follow-up with USS for the past 2 years; no recurrence

M: male and F: female.