A Patient with Retroperitoneal Cystic Lymphangiomatosis Confused with Serous Cystadenoma of the Pancreas

Abstract

Lymphangioma is a congenital clinical phenomenon which can occur in any organ except brain that lacks lymphatics. Lymphangiomatosis is a subtype of lymphangioma and it is the cystic dilation of the lymphatic channels, and is very rare, and can either be limited with an organ or tissue (spleen, liver, thoracic cavity etc.) or may be more generalized. We present a case involving a large-sized lymphangiomatosis localized in the retroperitoneum in a patient who presented to our clinic with epigastric discomfort and was diagnosed with serous cystic tumor with endoscopic ultrasonography before.