Therapeutic effect of modified surgery for cystic lymphangioma.
- Author:
Yiming XU
1
;
Minqiang XIE
;
Xian LIU
;
Hongzheng ZHANG
;
Tao WANG
Author Information
1. Department of Otorhinolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery, the Third Affiliated Hospital, Sun Yat-sen University, Guangzhou, 510630, China.
- Publication Type:Journal Article
- MeSH:
Adolescent;
Adult;
Child;
Child, Preschool;
Female;
Head and Neck Neoplasms;
surgery;
Humans;
Infant;
Lymphangioma, Cystic;
surgery;
Male;
Retrospective Studies;
Treatment Outcome;
Young Adult
- From:
Journal of Clinical Otorhinolaryngology Head and Neck Surgery
2010;24(9):400-402
- CountryChina
- Language:Chinese
-
Abstract:
OBJECTIVE:To discuss the surgical treatments of cystic lymphangioma and their curative effect.
METHOD:A retrospective review of 12 patients (9 males, 3 females) of cystic lymphangioma was performed, with the age ranged from 1 to 35 (median age was 11). Six patients were born with cervical cyst, three patients had symptoms in childhood, and 3 in adolescence. Ten patients underwent modified operation, that is the extracapsular dissection performed under direct vision after open cystic, from July 1998 to March 2008, a patients who had operative procedure in other hospital with recurrence and a 1 year child received local injection of bleomycin A 5.
RESULT:Cystic lymphangioma were complete excised in 10 surgical patients, without any complication like nerve injury. One of the two patients who received injection was lost in follow-up, and the other was still in follow-up with the tumor basically eliminated.
CONCLUSION:Surgery is the primary treatment of cystic lymphangioma. Modified operative method is helpful to complete resection of lymphangioma and the protection of surrounding tissues.
