Hemorrhagic lymphangioma mimicking hemoperitoneum: MR imaging diagnosis

✍ Scribed by Christophoros Stoupis; Pablo R. Ros; Jonathan L. Williams

• Publisher: John Wiley and Sons
• Year: 1993
• Tongue: English
• Weight: 255 KB
• Volume: 3
• Category: Article
• ISSN: 1053-1807
• DOI: 10.1002/jmri.1880030317

✦ Synopsis

Abstract

Omental cystic lymphangioma is an uncommon malformation that occurs in children. The authors report the magnetic resonance (MR) imaging findings in a case of hemorrhagic cystic abdominal lymphangioma, which clinically mimicked a recurrent hemoperitoneum. They demonstrate the superiority of MR imaging relative to computed tomography and ultrasound in diagnosing large hemorrhagic cystic masses and differentiating them from free intraperitoneal fluid with multi‐planar imaging and fluid characterization. This enables precise tumor localization and extension, aiding surgical resection.