ABDOMINAL CYSTIC LYMPHANGIOMA IN CHILDREN

Cystic lymphangioma is a rare tumour (6 % of benign tumours in childre n), frequently situated in the cervical or axillary region and excepti onally intraabdominal. It arises due to a congenital defect in the con nection of the primary lymphatic channels with the central collecting system. It presents clinically either in the form of a pseudo-appendix or pseudo-ascites syndrome or in the form of an abdominal tumour with or without compression of adjacent structures. It can now be easily d iagnosed by ultrasonography. Treatment is well defined and consists of surgical resection of the isolated lymphangioma or associated with th e adjacent intestine, depending on the site of the tumour. It has a go od prognosis.