Lymphangioma (redirected from cystic lymphangioma, lymphangioma cysticum)

lymphangioma /lym·phan·gi·o·ma/ (-o´mah) a tumor composed of newly formed lymph spaces and channels.

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cavernous lymphangioma 

1. a deeply seated lymphangioma composed of cavernous lymphatic spaces and occurring in the head or neck.

2. cystic hygroma.

cystic lymphangioma  cystic hygroma.

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lym·phan·gi·o·ma (lm-fnj-m)

n.

A benign tumorlike mass of lymphatic vessels or channels that vary in size, are frequently greatly dilated, and are lined with normal endothelial cells.

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Lymphangioma

A benign skin tumor composed of abnormal lymph vessels.

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lymphangioma (limfanjēō´m),

n a benign neoplasm of the lymph vessels characterized by lymph vessel proliferation.

Lymphangioma.

lymphangioma, cystic,

n See hygroma, cystic.

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lymphangioma

a tumor composed of newly formed lymph spaces and channels.

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cavernous lymphangioma

dilatation of the lymphatic vessels, resulting in cavities filled with lymph.

cystic lymphangioma, lymphangioma cysticum

a cystic growth thought to originate from a developmental anomaly of the primitive lymphatic spaces.