Cervical Cystic Lymphangioma in an Adult in His Fifties: A Case Report

Abstract

Lymphangiomas are rare benign vascular tumors of lymphatic origin, of unclear pathogenesis and variable localization. Lymphangiomas are often found in young people but are exceptional over 50-years-old. Diagnosis is based on clinical and imaging findings and confirmed by anatomopathological examination of the surgical specimen. Treatment is surgical, and recurrence is frequent. We report a clinical observation of a 56-year-old patient who presented with a large cervical mass that had been evolving for XX years. Treatment was surgical. Pathological examination was in favor of a cystic lymphangioma. There was no recurrence at 1-year postoperative follow-up.