Splenic lymphangiomatosis in an adult patient Case report

  • Carlos Eduardo Jiménez-Canizales Grupo de Investigación Ibagué Saludable, Ibagué, Tolima, Colombia; Fundación Universidad de Ciencias de la Salud. Bogotá, Colombia. https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7728-1523
  • Fernando Bolaños Departamento de medicina interna, facultad de ciencias de la salud, Universidad Surcolombiana, Neiva, Colombia; Unidad de oncología, Hospital Universitario Hernando Moncaleano Perdomo, Neiva, Colombia. https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5780-4964
  • Ernesto Federico Benavides-López Departamento de medicina interna, facultad de ciencias de la salud, Universidad Surcolombiana, Neiva, Colombia; Unidad de oncología, Hospital Universitario Hernando Moncaleano Perdomo, Neiva, Colombia. https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4988-9077
  • Álvaro Eduardo Mondragón-Cardona Grupo de Investigación Ibagué Saludable, Ibagué, Tolima, Colombia; Clínica universidad ICESI-Fundación Valle de Lili https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5577-5434
  • Oscar Fabián Rojas-Gómez Grupo de Investigación Ibagué Saludable, Ibagué, Tolima, Colombia; Departamento de ciencias clínicas. Facultad de ciencias de la salud, Universidad del Tolima, Ibagué, Colombia. https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9129-1154
Keywords: Anomalies, Benign Neoplasm, Lymphangioma, Splenic Neoplasms

Abstract

Lymphangiomas are benign malformations of the lymphatic system. They most often affect children and rarely adults. We present the case of a 36-year-old woman with a 6-month clinical picture of diffuse abdominal pain without peritoneal irritation associated with adynamia. As part of the studies, a computerized axial tomography with abdominal contrast was requested, which revealed multiple hypovascular hypodense splenic lesions with suspected diagnosis of lymphoproliferative lesions. For this reason, a diagnostic splenectomy was requested, which showed macroscopic, microscopic and immunohistochemical findings (positivity of cystic lesions for CD31 and D2-40) compatible with diffuse splenic lymphagiomatosis.

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Published
2022-12-06
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Jiménez-Canizales CE, Bolaños F, Benavides-López EF, Mondragón-Cardona Álvaro E, Rojas-Gómez OF. Splenic lymphangiomatosis in an adult patient Case report. Acta Med Peru [Internet]. 2022Dec.6 [cited 2024Mar.28];39(4). Available from: http://www.amp.cmp.org.pe/index.php/AMP/article/view/2451
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CASE REPORTS