Thoracic Lymphangiomatosis in a Child

Journal of Pediatric Hematology/Oncology

Volumn 26, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 136-141

  Alvarez, Ofelia A ^a   Kjellin, Ingrid ^b   Zuppan, Craig W ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI MILLER SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b LOMA LINDA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c LOMA LINDA UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Coagulopathy; Lymphangioma; Lymphangiomatosis; Pediatrics

Indexed keywords

ALPHA INTERFERON; AMINOCAPROIC ACID; BRONCHODILATING AGENT; GADOLINIUM; MEDROXYPROGESTERONE ACETATE; TAMOXIFEN; VINCRISTINE;

ARTICLE; BONE LESION; CASE REPORT; CAUSE OF DEATH; CHYLOTHORAX; CLINICAL FEATURE; DISSEMINATED INTRAVASCULAR CLOTTING; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; LUNG INFILTRATE; LUNG PARENCHYMA; LYMPHANGIOMATOSIS; MALE; MEDIASTINUM MASS; MULTIPLE ORGAN FAILURE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; SCHOOL CHILD; SKIN DISEASE; SPLEEN INJURY; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY;

CHILD; DISSEMINATED INTRAVASCULAR COAGULATION; FATAL OUTCOME; HUMANS; LUNG NEOPLASMS; LYMPHANGIOMA; MALE; MEDIASTINAL NEOPLASMS; PLEURAL EFFUSION, MALIGNANT;

EID: 0442293656     PISSN: 10774114     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00043426-200402000-00018     Document Type: Article

References (31)

1. Faul JL, Berry GJ, Colby TV, et al. Thoracic lymphangiomas, lymphangiectasis, lymphangiomatosis, and lymphatic dysplasia syndrome. Am J Respir Crit Care Med. 2000;161:1037-1046.
2. Alqahtani A, Nguyen LT, Flageole H, et al. 25 years' experience with lymphangiomas in children. J Pediatr Surg. 1999;34:1164-1168.
3. Ramani P, Shah A. Lymphangiomatosis. Histologic and immunohistochemical analysis of four cases. Am J Surg Pathol. 1993;17:329-335.
4. Tazelaar HD, Ken D, Yousem SA, et al. Diffuse pulmonary lymphangiomatosis. Hum Pathol. 1993;24:1313-1322.
5. Takahashi K, Takahashi H, Maeda K, et al. An adult case of lymphangiomatosis of the mediastinum, pulmonary interstitium and retroperitoneum complicated by chronic disseminated intravascular coagulation. Eur Respir J. 1995;8:1799-1802.
6. Miyabe H, Shiga M, Takaki H, et al. Mediastinal lymphangioma in adults: CT findings. J Thorac Imaging. 1996;11:83-85.
7. Swensen SJ, Hartman TE, Mayo JR, et al. Diffuse pulmonary lymphangiomatosis: CT findings. J Comput Assist Tomogr. 1995;19:348-352.
8. Kobayashi H, Furuse M, Yamada T, et al. Cavernous lymphangioma of the thorax: MRI findings. J Thorac Imaging. 1994;9:64-66.
9. Scully RE, Galdabini JJ, McNeely BU. Case 30-1980 Case records of the Massachusetts General Hospital. N Engl J Med. 1980;303:270-276.
10. Patton DF, Kaye R, Dickman P, et al. Partial splenic embolization for treatment of disseminated intravascular coagulation in lymphangiomatosis. J Pediatr. 1998;132:1057-1060.
11. Dietz WH Jr, Stuart MJ. Splenic consumptive coagulopathy in a patient with disseminated lymphangiomatosis. J Pediatr. 1977;90:421-423.
12. Bader-Meunier B, Husseini K, Nouyrigat V, et al. Partial splenic embolization in lymphangiomatosis. J Pediatr. 2001;138:613-614.
13. Mazoyer E, Enjoras O, Laurian C, et al. Coagulation abnormalities associated with extensive venous malformations of the limbs: differentiation from Kasabach-Merritt syndrome. Clin Lab Haematol. 2002;24:243-251.
14. Sarkar M, Mulliken JB, Kozakewich HP, et al. Thrombocytopenic coagulopathy (Kasabach-Merritt phenomenon) is associated with kaposiform hemangioendothelioma and not with common infantile hemangioma. Plast Reconstr Surg. 1997;100:1377-1386.
15. Okubo T, Shimada T, Narita Y, et al. A successful case report of intralesional OK-432 therapy for cystic mediastinal lymphangiomas. Kyobu Geka. 1998;51:1017-1021.
16. Giguere CM, Bauman NM, Sato Y, et al. Treatment of lymphangiomas with OK-432 (Picibanil) sclerotherapy: a prospective multi-institutional trial. Arch Otolaryngol Head Neck Surg. 2002;128:1137-1144.
17. Rostom AY. Treatment of thoracic lymphangiomatosis. Arch Dis Child. 2000;83:138-139.
18. Gilsanz V, Yeh H-C, Baron MG. Multiple lymphangiomas of the neck, axilla, mediastinum, and bones in an adult. Radiology. 1976;20:161-162.
19. Swank DW, Hepper NGG, Folkert KE, et al. Intrathoracic lymphangiomatosis mimicking lymphangioleiomatosis in a young woman. Mayo Clin Proc. 1989;64:1264-1268.
20. Dajee H, Woodhouse R. Lymphangiomatosis of the mediastinum with chylothorax and chylopericardium: Role of radiation treatment. J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg. 1994;108:594-599.
21. Kandil A, Rostom AY, Mourad WA, et al. Successful control of extensive thoracic lymphangiomatosis by irradiation. Clin Oncol. 1997;9:407-411.
22. Shahriari A, Odell JA. Cervical and thoracic components of multiorgan lymphangiomatosis managed surgically. Ann Thorac Surg. 2001;71:694-696.
23. Laverdiere C, David M, Dubois J, et al. Improvement of disseminated lymphangiomatosis with recombinant interferon therapy. Pediatr Pulmonol. 2000;29:321-324.
24. Milovic I, Oluic D. Lymphangioma of the lung associated with respiratory distress in a neonate. Pediatr Radiol. 1992;22:156.
25. Brown LR, Reiman HM, Rosenow EC 3rd, et al. Intrathoracic lymphangioma. Mayo Clin Proc. 1986;61:882-892.
26. Watts MA, Gibbons JA, Aaron BL. Mediastinal and osseous lymphangiomatosis: case report and review. Ann Thorac Surg. 1982;34:324-328.
27. Dutheil P, Leraillez J, Guillermette J, et al. Generalized lymphangiomatosis with chylothorax and skin lymphangiomas in a neonate. Pediatr Dermatol. 1998;15:296-298.
28. Shah AR, Dinwiddle R, Woolf D, et al. Generalized lymphangiomatosis with chylothorax and skin lymphangiomas in the pediatric age group. Pediatr Pulmonol. 1992;14:126-130.
29. Johnson DW, Klazynski PT, Gordon WH, et al. Mediastinal lymphangioma and chylothorax: The role of radiotherapy. Ann Thorac Surg. 1986;41:325-328.
30. Canil K, Fitzgerald P, Lau G. Massive chylothorax associated with lymphangiomatosis of the bone. J Pediatr Surg. 1994;29:1186-1188.
31. Reinhardt MA, Nelson SC, Sencer SF, et al. Treatment of childhood lymphangiomas with interferon-α. J Pediatr Hematol Oncol. 1997;19:232-236.