Abstract
This tumor occurs only exceptionally. The few cases described in the literature concern infancy or early childhood. At times, chronic lymphedema of a limb or lymphangioma of the soft tissues are associated. The skeletal lesions are disseminated, in the form of small or extensive areolar osteolyses. Histologically, the lymphatic vessels are observed to be dilated and at times cavernous, in the periosteum and in the bone. It probably is a hamartoma. When indicated, treatment is surgical, sometimes either partial or palliative.
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Campanacci, M., Bertoni, F., Bacchini, P. (1990). Lymphangioma. In: Bone and Soft Tissue Tumors. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-662-29279-2_36
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