A lymph nodal capillary-cavernous hemangioma

A capillary-cavernous hemangioma in art obturator lymph node was found inci dentally in a 64 year-old woman who had undergone unilateral salpingo-oopho rectomy and lymphadenectomy for an ovarian neoplasm. Vascular tumors of lym ph nodes are briefly reviewed including eight previously described nodal ca pillary-cavernous hemangiomas. The association with other splanchnic hemang iomas is pointed out and the likelihood that the lesion is a hamartoma rath er than a true neoplasm is addressed. Despite its rarity, this entity needs to be recognized by lymphologists who image lymph nodes by lymphangiograph y as well as by lymph nodal pathologists.