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Case report| Volume 124, ISSUE 3, P410-412, September 1972

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Pedunculated cystic lymphangioma of the splenocolic ligament in a child

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      Abstract

      An unusual case is presented of a large symptomatic pedunculated cystic intra-abdominal mass arising from the area of the splenocolic ligament in a three and a half year old girl. The child was managed successfully by resection of the mass, which proved on gross and microscopic examination to be a benign cystic lymphangioma. To our knowledge intra-abdominal cystic hygroma in this locale or with this configuration has not been previously reported.
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