Histopathology of Multiple Lymphangiomas on The Supraorbital Area.

Choi, Byung Su; Ohn, Young Hoon; Shin, Hanho

Case Report

Journal of the Korean Ophthalmological Society 1995;36(6):944-948.
Published online June 1, 1995.

Histopathology of Multiple Lymphangiomas on The Supraorbital Area.

Byung Su Choi, Young Hoon Ohn, Hanho Shin

Department of Ophthalmology, School of Medicine, Soonchunhyang University, Seoul, Korea.

안검상부 이마에 발생한 다발성 림프관종의 조직학적 소견

최병수(Byung Su Choi),온영훈(Young Hoon Ohn),신환호(Han Ho Shin)

Abstract

The lymphangioma is a benign vascular tumor and, like hemangioma, represents a hamartomatous growths. The site of predilection include the head, neck. and axillae. Lymphangiomas tend to involve the bulbar conjunctiva as well as the eyelid and orbit. Histopathologieally three types of lymphangioma are encountered: demal, cavernous and cystit types. The clinical signs are proptosis, diffuse hematoma of eyelid and subconjunctival hemorrhage. Asymptomatic cases can be observed. The authors experienced a case of multiple lymphangiomas on the right supraorbital area in a 14-year-old man and reported light microscopic and electron microscopic findings of the lymphangioma.

Key Words: Hamartomatous growth;Lymphangioma;Supraorbital area