Year: 2023
Type: article
Study design: Case Report
Abstract: 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.
Source: Cureus
DOI: 10.7759/cureus.44206
Authors: Luke A Persin, Nadezda Buntic, Gurvinder Kaur, Christopher Yeary, Parisa Vahhabaghai
Language: English
Subfield: Surgery
Field: Medicine
Domain: Health Sciences
Open Access status: diamond
OpenAlex ID: W4386202831