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Temporal Space Lymphatic Malformation in a 15-Year-Old Adolescent: An Extraordinary Case
Dimosthenis Igoumenakis1, Ioannis Logothetis2, Alina Barmpagadaki3
1Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, General Hospital of Attica "KAT", 2 Nikis Street, 14561 Kifisia, Athens, Greece.
Abstract:
Lymphatic malformations-previously called lymphangiomas or cystic hygromas-are regarded as non-malignant primary disorders of the lymphatic system. They appear predominantly in infants and children, with 90 % of cases being diagnosed by the age of 2 years. Also, they constitute an infrequent entity, accounting for 5 % of all benign tumors in infants and children. In adults they are extremely rare. In the present article we present an extraordinary case of a lymphatic malformation that ensued in the temporal area of a 15-year old adolescent.
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