A lymph nodal capillary-cavernous hemangioma

Lymphology. 1999 Sep;32(3):123-5.

Abstract

A capillary-cavernous hemangioma in an obturator lymph node was found incidentally in a 64 year-old woman who had undergone unilateral salpingo-oophorectomy and lymphadenectomy for an ovarian neoplasm. Vascular tumors of lymph nodes are briefly reviewed including eight previously described nodal capillary-cavernous hemangiomas. The association with other splanchnic hemangiomas is pointed out and the likelihood that the lesion is a hamartoma rather than a true neoplasm is addressed. Despite its rarity, this entity needs to be recognized by lymphologists who image lymph nodes by lymphangiography as well as by lymph nodal pathologists.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Cystadenocarcinoma, Papillary / surgery
  • Female
  • Hemangioma, Capillary / diagnosis*
  • Hemangioma, Capillary / pathology
  • Hemangioma, Cavernous / diagnosis*
  • Hemangioma, Cavernous / pathology
  • Humans
  • Lymph Nodes*
  • Lymphatic Diseases / diagnosis*
  • Middle Aged
  • Neoplasms, Multiple Primary / diagnosis
  • Neoplasms, Multiple Primary / pathology
  • Ovarian Neoplasms / surgery
  • Pelvis