ABSTRACT
A 15 days old female baby presented with a 6 x 7 cm reddish lump with irregular margins on her right scapular region, since birth. Histopathology and immunohistochemistry of excised tissue revealed it to be soft tissue Ewing's sarcoma. Postoperatively, she received only one dose of chemotherapy but could not survive and expired at the age of one month
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Humans , Female , Neoplasms/congenital , Immunohistochemistry , Lymph Nodes , Lymphatic Metastasis , Neoplasm Metastasis , Drug TherapyABSTRACT
A case of intestinal obstruction due to lymphangioma of mesentery in a two months old child is presented. Patient presented with signs and symptoms of intestinal obstruction. X-ray showed multiple air fluid levels, while ultrasound was insignificant. Exploration revealed a milky white cyst of mesentery causing complete occlusion at mid ileum. Cyst along with segment of ileum was resected and end-to-end anastomosis made. Post-operative recovery was un-eventful. Histopathological findings were consistent with lymphangioma of mesentery