RESUMO
Lymphangiectasia is the benign malformation of lymphatic channels associated with either focal or diffuse dilation of vessels and impaired lymph drainage. This malformation has the potential to create a cystic mass due to the accumulation of lymphatic fluid. While rare in adults, intussusception, the telescoping of the proximal bowel into the distal bowel, can be caused by a mass within the bowel. In this case, a near-obstructing cystic colon mass developed in a 74-year-old man; this was later found to be a large lymphangiectasia. In addition, this near-obstructing colonic lymphangiectasia served as the lead point in a colo-colonic intussusception. Due to this complication, the mass was immediately removed by a laparoscopic oncologic right-extended hemicolectomy which proved to be both diagnostic and therapeutic.
