J Korean Ophthalmol Soc.
1995 Jun;36(6):944-948.
Histopathology of Multiple Lymphangiomas on The Supraorbital Area
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- 1Department of Ophthalmology, School of Medicine, Soonchunhyang University, Seoul, Korea.
Abstract
- The lymphangioma is a benign vascular tumor and, like hemangioma, represents a hamartomatous growths. The site of predilection include the head, neck. and axillae. Lymphangiomas tend to involve the bulbar conjunctiva as well as the eyelid and orbit. Histopathologieally three types of lymphangioma are encountered: demal, cavernous and cystit types. The clinical signs are proptosis, diffuse hematoma of eyelid and subconjunctival hemorrhage. Asymptomatic cases can be observed. The authors experienced a case of multiple lymphangiomas on the right supraorbital area in a 14-year-old man and reported light microscopic and electron microscopic findings of the lymphangioma.
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