D-dimer evaluation of hemorrhagic orbital lymphangioma.

An 8-year-old boy with recurrent acute bleeding of lymphangioma of the left orbit is described. D-dimer levels increased as the size of the mass became stable, showing the effect of fibrinolysis within the hemorrhagic mass after clotting. D-dimer levels confirmed the possible use of conservative management of this lymphangioma.

Diffuse thoracic lymphangiomatosis with disseminated intravascular coagulation in a child.

An 8.5-year-old girl who presented with chronic cough and hemoptysis underwent a CT scan of the chest showing diffuse mediastinal and parenchymal infiltration and pleural effusion, and laboratory findings showed disseminated intravascular coagulation. Disseminated lymphangiomatosis was diagnosed after an open-lung biopsy. She was treated by systemic steroids, interferon, tamoxifen, chemotherapy, and radiation but died of respiratory failure and disseminated intravascular coagulation 2 years after the diagnosis. This patient represents a rare presentation of diffuse pulmonary lymphangiomatosis together with disseminated intravascular coagulation, involving both the mediastinum and pulmonary parenchyma, in a child.

[Mesenteric cystic lymphangioma in children. Apropos of a case revealed by anemia]. / Les lymphangiomes kystiques mésentériques chez l'enfant. A propos d'un cas révélé par une anémie.

A case of mesenteric cystic lymphangioma revealed by hypochromic anemia and abdominal pain, secondary to an intracystic hemorrhage is reported in a 4-year old child. Etiology, pathology, diagnosis, treatment and prognosis of mesenteric lymphangioma in children are reviewed.