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Surgical management of vulvar lymphangioma circumscriptum: two case reports
Masae Ikeda1, Toshinari Muramatsu, Masako Shida
1Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Tokai University School of Medicine, 143 Shimokasuya, Isehara, Kanagawa 259-1193, Japan. ikedam@tokai-u.jp
Objective:
To evaluate the efficacy of major labiaectomy as a surgical management of vulvar lymphangioma circumscriptum, we report two cases of this rare clinical entity.
Case Reports:
Two female patients, aged 56 and 68 years, presented with persistent edema of the lower limbs, papule-like condyloma of the labia majora, and lymph oozing from these papules of the vulva, which had developed 24 and 10 years, respectively, after radical hysterectomy with adjuvant pelvic radiation therapy for cervical cancer. After major labiaectomy was performed, symptoms in the first case, of extensive resected skin margin, improved clearly, in the second case, vulvar lymphangioma circumscriptum was more severe than in the first case, and a small amount of lymph oozing occurred from residual papules of the labia majora. In both cases, histology revealed lymphangioma circumscriptum of the vulva.
Conclusion:
Major labiaectomy is an effective therapy for vulvar lymphangioma circumscriptum. Particularly, in the case which was extensive and deep resected skin margin, symptoms such as papules of the labia majora and lymph oozing from these papules of the vulva associated with lymphangioma seemed to be clearly improved.
