Abstract

KRAKHECKE, Luiza Helena Rebelato; CARLI, João Paulo De; DE CARLI, Bethânia Molin Giaretta  and  SILVA, Soluete Oliveira da. Lymphangioma of the head and neck: survey of cases. RFO UPF [online]. 2014, vol.19, n.2, pp. 212-217. ISSN 1413-4012.

Introduction: Lymphangiomas are benign lymph vessels tumors that affect, in general, head and neck. May be congenital or injuries that arise during life. Children are the most affected. Can be surgically removed, just responding to sclerosing treatments or radiation. Its recurrence is described in about 10 to 40% of cases. Objective and Employee Methods: The aim of this study was to make a survey of the cases of lymphangioma recorded in the Pathology Laboratories of the Institute of Biological Sciences, University of Passo Fundo (ICB/ UPF) and the Hospital of Saint Vincent Paul Passo Fundo/ RS (HSVP) since the year 1987 until 2012. Results: In all, 78 cases of lymphangioma were found. Of these, 69 involved the head and neck (88 % of cases) and others afflict intestine, spleen, ribs, upper limb, shoulder blade, breast, armpit and thigh and the first decade of life was the most affected age group. The local volume increase was the most observed signal. After application of chi-square test at 5% of significance, we noted a relationship between patient gender and location of the lymphangiomas (p = 0.0003). Conclusions: It was noted that men in the first decade of life were the most affected. There was a relationship between gender and location, being lymphangiomas more common in skull of males. Furthermore, in lymphangiomas studied we noted the presence of local infection and the treatment was by surgery.

Keywords : lymphangioma,; hamartomas,; neoplasms of lymphatic vessels; cystic hygroma..