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KMID : 0360119950170030283
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Journal of the Korean Society of Maxillofacial Plastic Reconstructive Surgeons
1995 Volume.17 No. 3 p.283 ~ p.288
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Cystic hygroma in the adult
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Abstract
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Cystic hygroma is the benign proliferation of lymphatic tissue and has been categorized as a part of a larger spectrum that includes lymphangiomas rescently. The majority of lymphangiomas occur in the head and as cystic hygromas with the
posterior
cervical region as the most common site. Cystic hygromas present in infancy or early childhood as compressible masses that may rapidly and intermittently enlarge. Cystic hygromas of the head and neck are especially difficult to manage since
enlargement
cause serious sequela such as airway obstruction, feeding difficulties, and speech pathology. Surgical exision remains the treatment of choice. But complete extirpation of these lesions is often impossible, and recurrence rates are accordingly
different
respectively ; these are high in suprahyoid lesions compared with infrahyoid involvement.
This is a case report about 22 year old male patient with cystic hygrom. We obtained the succesful, functional and esthetic results by surgical excision of the mass. Therefore, we report the case with literatural reviews.
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