성인에 발생한 낭포성활액종

CYSTIC HYGROMA IN THE ADULT

저자 등은 성인에서는 드물게 발생하는 것으로 알려진 낭포성활액종을 가진 22세 남자 환자에서 임상소견 및 방사선 소견상 우측 전경부삼각에 발생한 낭포성활액종의 가진하에 악하부 절개를 통해 낭종성의 종물을 악하선을 포함하여 완전 절제후 재발 등의 특별한 문제 없이 양호한 결과를 얻었기에 문헌 고찰과 함께 보고 드리는 바이다.

Cystic hygroma is the benign proliferation of lymphatic tissue and has been categorized as a part of a larger spectrum that includes lymphangiomas recently. The majority of lymphangiomas occur in the head and neck 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 successful, functional and esthetic results by surgical excision of the mass. Therefore, we report the case with literatural reviews.