Therapeutic effect of modified surgery for cystic lymphangioma / 临床耳鼻咽喉头颈外科杂志
Journal of Clinical Otorhinolaryngology Head and Neck Surgery
;
(24): 400-402, 2010.
Article
in Chinese
| WPRIM
| ID: wpr-747990
ABSTRACT
OBJECTIVE@#To discuss the surgical treatments of cystic lymphangioma and their curative effect.@*METHOD@#A retrospective review of 12 patients (9 males, 3 females) of cystic lymphangioma was performed, with the age ranged from 1 to 35 (median age was 11). Six patients were born with cervical cyst, three patients had symptoms in childhood, and 3 in adolescence. Ten patients underwent modified operation, that is the extracapsular dissection performed under direct vision after open cystic, from July 1998 to March 2008, a patients who had operative procedure in other hospital with recurrence and a 1 year child received local injection of bleomycin A 5.@*RESULT@#Cystic lymphangioma were complete excised in 10 surgical patients, without any complication like nerve injury. One of the two patients who received injection was lost in follow-up, and the other was still in follow-up with the tumor basically eliminated.@*CONCLUSION@#Surgery is the primary treatment of cystic lymphangioma. Modified operative method is helpful to complete resection of lymphangioma and the protection of surrounding tissues.
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WPRIM (Western Pacific)
Main subject:
General Surgery
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Retrospective Studies
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Treatment Outcome
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Lymphangioma, Cystic
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Head and Neck Neoplasms
Type of study:
Observational study
Limits:
Adolescent
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Adult
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Child
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Child, preschool
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Female
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Humans
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Infant
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Male
Language:
Chinese
Journal:
Journal of Clinical Otorhinolaryngology Head and Neck Surgery
Year:
2010
Type:
Article
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