Case Report
Mesenteric Lymphangioma with Small Intestinal Volvulus in an Adult
Hyun-Dong Chae1*, Chang-Ho Cho2 and In-Hwan Kim11Department of Surgery, School of Medicine, Daegu Catholic University Hospital, Daegu, Korea
2Department of Pathology, School of Medicine, Daegu Catholic University Hospital, Daegu, Korea
- *Corresponding Author:
- Hyun-dong Chae
Department of Surgery
School of Medicine, Daegu Catholic University Hospital
3056-6, Daemyung-4-Dong, Namgu
705-718, Daegu, Korea
Tel: 82536504429
Fax: 82536247185
E-mail: hdchae@cu.ac.kr
Received date: January 13, 2017; Accepted date: February 08, 2017; Published date: February 15, 2017
Citation: Chae H, Cho C, Kim I (2017) Mesenteric Lymphangioma with Small Intestinal Volvulus in an Adult. J Gastrointest Dig Syst 7:485. doi: 10.4172/2161-069X.1000485
Copyright: © 2017 Chae H, et al. This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author and source are credited.
Abstract
Lymphangioma occur commonly in the neck and axillae of pediatric patients, caused by an obstruction of the lymphatic flow because of congenital lymphatic malformation. However, mesenteric lmphangioma of the small intestine is a rare tumor that is seldom associated with small bowel volvulus, particularly in adult patients. Although rare, mesenteric lymphangioma can cause volvulus and intestinal obstruction by a torsion of mesentery. We report an unusual case of mesenteric lymphangioma with small bowel volvulus who was suffered from intermittent abdominal pain, treated with surgical resection.
