Cavernous mesenteric lymphangiomatosis mimicking metastasis in a patient with rectal cancer: a case report
Seong Su Hwang1, Hyun Joo Choi, Soo Youn Park
1Department of Radiology, St. Vincent's Hospital, College of Medicine, The Catholic University of Korea, 93-1 Chi-dong, Paldal-gu, Suwon, Gyeonggi-do 442-023, South Korea.
World Journal of Gastroenterology
|August 25, 2009
Abstract:
Lymphangioma usually occurs in children and usually involves the skin. Mesenteric lymphangioma is extremely rare in adults. Typically, lymphangioma appears on computed tomography (CT) as a lower attenuation of a cystic mass, however, some cases appear to be a solid mass. We describe the CT and 18F-FDG positron emission tomography/CT appearance in a case of jejunal and mesenteric cavernous lymphangiomatosis mimicking metastasis in an adult patient with rectal cancer.