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Letter to JCP
A case of solitary pulmonary lymphangioma
  1. T Nagayasu1,
  2. T Hayashi3,
  3. K Ashizawa2,
  4. M Muraoka1,
  5. T Tagawa1,
  6. S Akamine1,
  7. T Oka1
  1. 1First Department of Surgery, Nagasaki University School of Medicine, 1–7–1 Sakamoto, Nagasaki, Japan
  2. 2Department of Radiology, Nagasaki University School of Medicine
  3. 3Department of Pathology, Nagasaki University Hospital, Nagasaki 852-8501, Japan
  1. Correspondence to:
 Dr T Nagayasu, First Department of Surgery, Nagasaki University School of Medicine, 1–7–1 Sakamoto, Nagasaki, 852-8501 Japan;
 nagayasu{at}net.nagasaki-u.ac.jp

Abstract

Solitary pulmonary lymphangiomas are rare benign lesions thought to result from the development of abnormally proliferating lymphatic vessels. This report describes a case of solitary pulmonary lymphangioma resected under video assisted thoracoscopic surgery and diagnosed using histological and immunohistochemical investigations.

  • solitary pulmonary lymphangioma
  • lymphangiectasis
  • video assisted thoracoscopic surgery
  • CT, computed tomography
  • MRI, magnetic resonance imaging
  • VATS, video assisted thoracoscopic surgery

https://doi.org/10.1136/jcp.56.5.396

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