Lymph nodes & spleen, nonlymphoma
Lymph nodes-vascular lesions
Lymphangioma
Author: Sheren Younes, M.D., Ph.D.
Last author update: 1 February 2016
Last staff update: 3 August 2022
Copyright: 2003-2024, PathologyOutlines.com, Inc.
PubMed Search: Lymphangioma[TI] lymph node
Table of Contents
Definition / general | Case reports | Microscopic (histologic) description | Microscopic (histologic) images | Cytology description | Positive stainsCite this page: Younes S. Lymphangioma. PathologyOutlines.com website. https://www.pathologyoutlines.com/topic/lymphnodeslymphangioma.html. Accessed December 21st, 2024.
Definition / general
- Usually an extension of a soft tissue tumor
- Rare as primary of lymph node
Case reports
- 12 year old girl with growing neck mass (Kulak Burun Bogaz Ihtis Derg 2013;23:187)
- 60 year old man with slow growing, upper laterocervical, painless enlargement (Acta Cytol 1999;43:442)
Microscopic (histologic) description
- Dilated, thin walled lymphatic vessels, lined by attenuated endothelial cells
- Lumina are empty or filled with proteinaceous material, lymphocytes or erythrocytes
- Surrounding stroma shows lymphocytic infiltrate
Microscopic (histologic) images
AFIP images
Lymph node
Cytology description
- Uniform population of small and round nonatypical lymphocytes with occasional histiocytes, centrocytes, centroblasts and plasma cells
- No mitotic figures, no atypia (Acta Cytol 1999;43:442)
Positive stains
