Lingual cystic lymphangioma in an elderly patient

Yıl 2008, Cilt: 18 Sayı: 4, 260 - 262, 30.08.2008

Vural Fidan Yavuz Sütbeyaz

Öz

A 67-year-old man presented with a multilobulated, soft lesion at the tip of the tongue, causing articulation problem. The patient stated that it had been present for more than 30 years. Oral examination showed a multilobular mass with a large base, 15×15×10 mm in size. Magnetic resonance imaging showed a multilocular cystic tumor. The patient underwent total excision. After surgery, tongue movement and sensation were normal. Histopathologic diagnosis was cystic lymphangioma.

Anahtar Kelimeler

Adult, lymphangioma, cystic/pathology/surgery, tongue/pathology, tongue neoplasms/pathology

Yaşlı bir hastada lingual kistik lenfanjiyom

Öz

Altmış yedi yaşında erkek hasta, dilin ucunda 30 yılı aşkın süredir var olan ve konuşma sorunu yaratan multilobüler, yumuşak bir kitle yakınmasıyla baş- vurdu. Ağız incelemesinde 15x15x10 mm boyutla- rında, geniş tabanlı multilobüler bir kitle görüldü. Manyetik rezonans görüntülemede de multiloküler kistik tümör gözlendi. Kistik lezyon total eksizyon ile çıkarıldı. Ameliyattan sonra dilin hareketi ve duyu- mu normaldi. Histopatolojik tanı kistik lenfanjiyom olarak kondu

Anahtar Kelimeler

Erişkin, lenfanjiyom, kistik/patoloji/cerrahi, dil/patoloji, dil neoplazileri

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