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Treatment of cervical lymphangioma using fibrin adhesive
C Gutierrez San Román1, J Barrios, J Lluna
1Department of Pediatric Surgery, La Fe Children's Hospital, Valencia, Spain.
Abstract:
We present a case of cervical lymphangioma operated on when one month old. Three weeks later he suffered a relapse which caused respiratory problems since it affected the retropharyngeal pouch, with movement and compression of the upper airway. Given the technical difficulty of operating again, the transoral injection of fibrin adhesive was used as a sclerotic agent, which resulted in remission of symptoms and acceptable reduction in tumor size. The use of fibrin adhesive may be highly useful for the treatment of lymphangiomata and their complications.