대한대장항문학회

Lymphangiomas are benign tumors of lymphatic vessels, that are more commonly<br>found in the pediatric age group. They most commonly occur in the region of the neck<br>and skin. They can occur in the mesentery, omentum, retroperitoneum, and occasionally<br>in the wall of the stomach, duodenum, and the small or large intestine.<br>The presence of lymphangioma in the colon is rare. Chisholm and Hillkowitz reported<br>the first case of colonic lymphangioma of the rectum in 1931. Other reports, thereafter,<br>appeared sporadically. We have recently encountered two patients in whom a cystic<br>lymphangioma was found in the colon.<br>This paper reports the experience of the management of colonic lymphomgiomas in<br>our patients along with a review of the literature.<br>