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Case Reports
. 2015 Jan;58(1):77-9.
doi: 10.5468/ogs.2015.58.1.77. Epub 2015 Jan 16.

Carvenous lymphangioma of the vulva

Kyung-Ran Yoon  1 , A-Jin Mo  2 , Sung-Ho Park  1 , Yeon Sik Na  2 , Sung Taek Park  1
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Case Reports

Carvenous lymphangioma of the vulva

Kyung-Ran Yoon et al. Obstet Gynecol Sci. 2015 Jan.

Abstract

Lymphangioma is a rare proliferation of the lymphatic system which is classified as either lymphangioma circumscription or carvenous lymphangioma. The involvement of the vulva is very rare and only a small number of case reports have been made on carvenous lymphangioma of the vulva. We herein report a case of 20-year-old unmarried girl presented with gradually expanding and painless tumor of the left labium majus. The mass was removed surgically and pathology confirmed as carvenous lymphangioma, with no recurrences to date.

Keywords: Carvenous lymphangioma; Vulva neoplasms.

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(A) Gross appearance of the vulva . Pedulculated cystic mass arising from the left vulva. (B) Microscopic findings. Dilated lymphatic vessels, often cystic and ectatic, were lined by flattened endothelial cells with the paucicellular fibrous background in the mid and the deep dermis (hematoxylin-eosin, ×100).
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