Abstract

LAURENCIO VALLINA, Sandra; FUENTES FIGUEREDO, Odalis  and  HERNANDEZ LIN, Tania. Cervical lymphangioma in an infant. MEDISAN [online]. 2017, vol.21, n.4, pp. 460-464. ISSN 1029-3019.

The case report of a 3 months infant from the San Pablo community, Portuguesa State, in the Bolivian Republic of Venezuela is described. He was referred to "Jesús María Casal Ramos" University Hospital due to volume increase in the left cervical region after his birth. The results of the imagenologic and histopathologic exams confirmed the diagnosis of lymphangioma. The surgical procedure was carried out and the clinical course was satisfactory

Keywords : infant; lymphangioma; cystic hygroma; benign neoplasm.

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