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Linfangiomatosis esplénica en un paciente adulto: Reporte de caso
Jiménez-Canizales, Carlos Eduardo; Bolaños, Fernando; Benavides-López, Ernesto Federico; Mondragón-Cardona, Álvaro Eduardo; Rojas Gómez, Oscar Fabián.
Affiliation
  • Jiménez-Canizales, Carlos Eduardo; s.af
  • Bolaños, Fernando; s.af
  • Benavides-López, Ernesto Federico; s.af
  • Mondragón-Cardona, Álvaro Eduardo; s.af
  • Rojas Gómez, Oscar Fabián; s.af
Acta med. peru ; 39(4)oct. 2022.
Article in Spanish | LILACS-Express | LILACS | ID: biblio-1419914
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RESUMEN
Los linfangiomas son malformaciones benignas del sistema linfático que afectan con mayor frecuencia a los niños y en raras ocasiones a adultos. Presentamos el caso de una mujer de 36 años, con cuadro clínico de 6 meses de dolor abdominal difuso sin irritación peritoneal, y asociado a adinamia. Como parte de los estudios, se solicitó una tomografía axial computarizada con contraste de abdomen, que reveló múltiples lesiones esplénicas hipodensas hipovasculares, con sospecha diagnóstica de lesiones linfoproliferativas. Por tal motivo se solicitó una esplenectomía diagnóstica, que finalmente mostró hallazgos macroscópicos, microscópicos y de inmunohistoquímica (positividad de las lesiones quísticas para CD31 y D2-40) compatibles con linfagiomatosis esplénica difusa.
ABSTRACT
Lymphangiomas are benign malformations of the lymphatic system. They most often affect children and rarely adults. We present the case of a 36-year-old woman with a 6-month clinical picture of diffuse abdominal pain without peritoneal irritation associated with adynamia. As part of the studies, a computerized axial tomography with abdominal contrast was requested, which revealed multiple hypovascular hypodense splenic lesions with suspected diagnosis of lymphoproliferative lesions. For this reason, a diagnostic splenectomy was requested, which showed macroscopic, microscopic and immunohistochemical findings (positivity of cystic lesions for CD31 and D2-40) compatible with diffuse splenic lymphagiomatosis

Full text: Available Collection: International databases Database: LILACS Language: Spanish Journal: Acta med. peru Journal subject: Medicine Year: 2022 Document type: Article
Full text: Available Collection: International databases Database: LILACS Language: Spanish Journal: Acta med. peru Journal subject: Medicine Year: 2022 Document type: Article
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