CYSTIC LYMPHANGIOMA OF THE SCROTUM

A 7-year-old boy who presented with a painful left hemi-scrotal mass w as diagnosed with acquired lymphangioma or the scrotum. Chronic fricti on from a cast for Perthes' disease might have been the cause of sudde n enlargement of a congenital lymphangioma of the scrotum. Magnetic re sonance imaging (MRI) was useful for preoperative diagnosis and determ ining the extent of the scrotal lesions. Total excision of the mass le aving the overlying skin was successfully performed. The clinical sign ificance of MRI for preoperative diagnosis and planning surgical resec tion of this lesion is discussed.