Key result
Open left adrenalectomy successfully treats a rare symptomatic adrenal cystic lymphangioma in a 38-year-old woman.
Why the study?
Cystic lymphangioma of the adrenal gland is a very rare entity with diagnostic and management challenges.
Case Report (n=1)
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Highlights the diagnostic difficulty and surgical management of a rare cystic lymphangioma of the adrenal gland.
BACKGROUND: Cystic lymphangioma is a rare tumor of the lymphatic vessels that occurs more frequently in women. Location of this pathology can be diverse but most commonly occurs in the neck or axilla. Cystic lymphangioma originating from the adrenal tissue represents a very rare entity. CASE PRESENTATION: We report here the case of a 38-year-old woman who was diagnosed with a cystic retroperitoneal mass. After further investigations, the patient was suspected to have a left adrenal cystic lymphangioma. She underwent successful open left adrenalectomy as curative treatment, and the diagnosis of cystic lymphangioma of the left adrenal gland was confirmed at histology. The postoperative course was uneventful. CONCLUSION: This case report and review of the literature bring new insights into the diagnostic difficulty and management of cystic lymphangioma of the adrenal gland.
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Joliat et al. (2015) conducted a case report in Cystic lymphangioma of the adrenal gland (n=1). Open left adrenalectomy was evaluated on Symptom resolution and histological confirmation. Open left adrenalectomy successfully treated a rare symptomatic cystic lymphangioma of the left adrenal gland in a 38-year-old woman, with no symptom recurrence at one month.
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