Lymphangioma treatment

Simple lymphangioma is an overgrowth of lymphatic vessels in the skin or in the subcutaneous tissue.

Cavernous lymphangioma-contains a connective tissue base, muscle fibers, and small lymphatic vessels. It consists of cavities filled with lymphatic fluid.

Cystic lymphangioma-consists of cysts, which can be of different sizes and contain a connective tissue component.

There is also a clinical classification adopted in order to choose a treatment method:

• Microcystic lymphangioma — up to 5 cm;
• Macrocystic lymphangioma-more than 5 cm.

• The appearance of a clearly defined or lumpy formation on the surface of the skin or an increase in the size of a part of the body can also look like a lot of bubbles filled with liquid;
• Wet skin near the formation (due to the release of lymph on the surface of the skin);
• Violation of the function of organs that are compressed by lymphangioma.

• Development of infection;
• Pain syndrome;
• Puffiness;
• Heart and lung failure;
• Destruction of the bones of the skull and skeleton;
• Ascites.

• Lymphangiomas, as a rule, are not life-threatening, however, they can recur and cause significant cosmetic defects. In order to minimize this possibility, patients tend to go to clinics with an established surgical school and surgical equipment that allows them to perform minimally invasive operations.
• A multidisciplinary approach-involving surgeons and therapeutic specialists in the treatment of lymphangioma significantly reduces the likelihood of relapse and complications such as lymphostasis and lymphorrhea, impaired skin sensitivity at the site of the lesion, and other similar complications.
• In a situation where bone grafting is needed, many foreign clinics have a method of growing bone from stem cells that allows you to do without bone defects and without prostheses.