Hemolymphangioma of the Pancreas: Case Report and Review of the Literature

Balderramo, Domingo; Tada, Cecilia Di; Ditter, Ana B. de; Mondino, Juan C.

doi:10.1097/00006676-200308000-00014

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“…In a literature review until March 2008 (PubMed), there were only five reports of this tumor occurring in the pancreas [1][2][3][4][5] . The first report by a French group, Couinaud et al reported a giant hemolymphangioma …”

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A case of invasive hemolymphangioma of the pancreas

Toyoki

Hakamada²,

Narumi³

et al. 2008

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Hemolymphangioma of the pancreas is a very rare benign tumor. There were only five reports of this disease until March 2008. Herein, we report a case of hemolymphangioma of the pancreas with gastrointestinal bleeding due to duodenal invasion. A 53-year-old man had been admitted a referral hospital because of severe anemia due to gastrointestinal bleeding in December 2005. He was then transferred to our institute with a diagnosis of a tumor of the head of the pancreas with duodenal invasion in January 2006. No abnormalities were revealed except for anemia in laboratory data including CEA and CA19-9. Gastrointestinal endoscopy r e ve a l e d b l e e d i n g a t t h e d u o d e n u m . C o m p u t e d tomography also demonstrated a heterogenous mass at the pancreatic head and suspected invasion to the duodenal wall. Ultrasonography showed a huge mass at the pancreatic head with a mixture of high and low echoic areas. Pylorous-preserving pancreatoduodenectomy was performed. The pancreatic tumor was soft and had invaded to the duodenum. The pathological diagnosis was a hemolymphangioma of the pancreas invaded to the duodenum. His postoperative course was uneventful and he was discharged on the 26th d after surgery. Hemolymphangioma of the pancreas is a very rare benign tumor. In a literature review until March 2008, we found five case reports. Major symptoms are abdominal pain and distension due to the enlarged tumor. However, we experienced a case of hemolymphangioma of the pancreas with gastrointestinal bleeding due to invasion to the duodenum. This disease is a very rare entity, but should be considered when patients have gastrointestinal bleeding.

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“…There were only five reports of this tumor of the pancreas until March 2008 [1][2][3][4][5] . Vascular tumors of the pancreas are cystic tumors accounting for 0.1% of all pancreatic tumors [6] .…”

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A case of invasive hemolymphangioma of the pancreas

Toyoki

Hakamada²,

Narumi³

et al. 2008

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“…The most common complications are spontaneous or traumatic haemorrhage, rupture, infection and lymphorrhya. In clinical examinations they usually present as a soft, lobulated and compressible mass [2][3][4][5][6][7]. In our patient, except for 3 months of light epigastric discomfort, there were no abnormal laboratory findings or clinical signs.…”

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“…The occurrence of the tumour may be due to the obstruction of the venolymphatic communication between dysembrioplastic vascular tissue and systemic circulation [2][3][4][5][6]. A review of the literature up to December 2010 (PubMed) found 38 reports concerning this type of tumour, in which tumours had developed in the orbit, tongue, neck, mediastinum, pancreas, spleen, liver, adrenal gland, retroperitoneum and extremities.…”

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“…Usually this type of lesion is thought to be a benign and non-invasive disorder, although invasive lymphangioma has been recently reported. According to the reported pathological findings [1] , lymphangiomas can be classified into four categories: capillary lymphangioma, cavernous lymphangioma, cystic lymphangioma (hygroma) and haemolymphangioma (combination of haemangioma and lymphangioma) [2][3][4]. Haemolymphangioma is a rare benign tumour and gastric involvement is rarely seen.…”

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Gastric haemolymphangioma: a literature review and report of one case

Qy¹,

Qi²,

Sf³

et al. 2012

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ABSTRACT. Gastric haemolymphangioma is a very rare benign tumour. Pathologically, it is composed of lymphatic vessels and blood vessels. Only a few cases of haemolymphangioma have been reported in the literature so far, all of which developed at sites other than the stomach. The authors believe that a haemolymphangioma occurring in the stomach has not been previously reported. The patient was a healthy 68-year-old male who had felt light epigastric discomfort for 3 months. A CT scan and a gastrofiberscope examination revealed a well-demarcated mass on the posterior wall of the stomach near the lesser curvature. The mass was successfully removed by surgery. During the 18-month follow-up period, the patient was asymptomatic with no recurrence. In this case report, we discuss the imaging findings as well as the pathological features of this unusual case, with a review of the related literature.

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