Elbow Cystic Lymphangioma in an 8-Month-Old Boy

Mohammad Jawad H Rahal; Morad R Abou Al Ezz; Rabab A El Hajj; Jad Z Chokor; Selim M Nasser; Ramzi C Moucharafieh

doi:10.1155/2019/8762614

Elbow Cystic Lymphangioma in an 8-Month-Old Boy

Case Rep Orthop. 2019 Feb 11:2019:8762614. doi: 10.1155/2019/8762614. eCollection 2019.

Authors

Mohammad Jawad H Rahal^{1

2}, Morad R Abou Al Ezz², Rabab A El Hajj³, Jad Z Chokor¹, Selim M Nasser^{1

4}, Ramzi C Moucharafieh¹

Affiliations

¹ Department of Orthopaedic Surgery and Traumatology, Clemenceau Medical Center Affiliated with Johns Hopkins International, Clemenceau, Beirut, Lebanon.
² Department of Orthopaedic Surgery and Traumatology, Faculty of Medical Sciences, Lebanese University, Hadath, Beirut, Lebanon.
³ Department of Paediatrics, Faculty of Medical Sciences, Lebanese University, Hadath, Beirut, Lebanon.
⁴ Department of Pathology, School of Medicine, Lebanese American University, Byblos, Lebanon.

Abstract

Cystic lymphangiomas are benign tumors originating mainly in the head and neck of the pediatric population. The authors report a rare case of cystic lymphangioma in the right elbow of an 8-month-old baby treated successfully by complete surgical resection.

Publication types

Case Reports