食管海绵状淋巴管瘤1例并文献复习

Esophageal cavernous lymphangioma: A case report and literature review

淋巴管瘤是一种由海绵状扩张的淋巴管组成软组织肿瘤,属于错构瘤的一种,只有1%发生于胃肠道,其中发生在食管的淋巴管瘤极其罕见.食管海绵状淋巴管瘤是发生于食管的淋巴管瘤的一种类型,因该病无明显特征性临床表现,极易被误诊,该病主要检查为胃镜检查及超声内镜等,确诊需结合组织病理学检查.食管淋巴管瘤属于良性肿瘤,现暂无恶性病变的报道,通过对本例食管海绵状淋巴管瘤的探讨和对既往已经报道文献进行复习,以提高临床医师对该病的认识.

Lymphangioma is a soft tissue tumor made up of lymphatic vessels with cavernous dilation.As a kind of hamartoma,only 1% of lymphangioma cases occur in the gastrointestinal tract.Esophageal cavernous lymphangioma is an extremely rare lymphangioma of the esophagus.It has no obvious clinical characteristics and is therefore misdiagnosed easily.This disease is diagnosed mainly by endoscopy and endoscopic ultrasonography,and definitive diagnosis relies on histopathology.Esophageal lymphangiomas are benign tumors,and no malignant transformation has been reported.In order to improve clinicians＇ awareness of the disease,we also performed a literature review.