1.Case report of a chest wall cystic hygroma in a teenager
Karthigesu Aimanan ; Putera Mas Pian ; Ramesh R Thangrathnam ; Muhamad Azim Mohd Idris ; Balaji Padmanaban ; Chew Loon Guan
The Medical Journal of Malaysia 2016;71(5):292-293
Cystic hygroma or cystic lymphangioma is a congenital
malformation of lymphatic origin. Their occurrence on the
chest wall is very rare, and they progressively grow with age
infiltrating into the local tissues, around muscle fibers and
nerves, making them difficult and hazardous to remove.
There are various treatment modalities of such lesion.
Based on the literature surgical excision is the preferred
treatment of choice in cystic hygroma because it gives a
better cure rate compared to other modalities. We report a
case successful excision of anterolateral chest wall cystic
hygroma in a teenager in Hospital Serdang.
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2.Radical Resection of Primary Leiomyosarcoma of Inferior Vena Cava
Ikhwan Sani MOHAMAD ; Sivabalan NADARAJAN ; Zamri ZUHDI ; Azim IDRIS ; Hairol OTHMAN ; Affirul CHAIRIL ; Razman JARMIN
Malaysian Journal of Medicine and Health Sciences 2018;14(1):61-64
Leiomyosarcoma of the Inferior Vena Cava (IVC) is a rare soft tissue tumour which accounts for only 0.5% of all soft tissue sarcomas. The patients usually presented with non specific clinical signs and often diagnosed at advanced stage. We reported a case of a 58-year-old lady who presented with right sided abdominal pain for 6 months. CT scan showed large Level 2 IVC tumour which encased the right renal vein and had no clear plane of demarcation with the caudate lobe of the liver. She underwent radical resection of the IVC tumour with the right kidney removed en bloc. Vascular reconstruction was not performed as established collateral veins present. She was nursed in Intensive Care Unit for 2 days and discharged well at day 5 post operatively. Histopathological examination results revealed leiomyosarcoma of IVC.