GENERALIZED PRIMARY LYMPHANGIOMAS OF BONE: REPORT OF CASE ASSOCIATED WITH CONGENITAL LYMPHEDEMA OF FOREARM
Authors: R HARRIS, A G PRANDONI
Journal: Annals of Internal Medicine (1950)

Case Reports1 November 1950GENERALIZED PRIMARY LYMPHANGIOMAS OF BONE: REPORT OF CASE ASSOCIATED WITH CONGENITAL LYMPHEDEMA OF FOREARMRAYMOND HARRIS, M.D., ANDREW G. PRANDONI, M.D.RAYMOND HARRIS, M.D.Search for more papers by this author, ANDREW G. PRANDONI, M.D.Search for more papers by this authorAuthor, Article, and Disclosure Informationhttps://doi.org/10.7326/0003-4819-33-5-1302 SectionsAboutPDF ToolsAdd to favoritesDownload CitationsTrack CitationsPermissions ShareFacebookTwitterLinkedInRedditEmail ExcerptAlthough lymphangiomas of various bodily structures are described, review of available medical literature reveals only one previously reported account of primary lymphangioma of bone.1 This present case of widespread, multiple, cavernous bone lymphangiomas associated with congenital lymphedema of the left forearm warrants recording because of its provocative diagnostic and etiologic considerations, as well as its rarity.CASE REPORTA white unmarried Army private, aged 20, entered Walter Reed General Hospital on August 12, 1946, complaining of swelling of his left forearm. Present since birth, this condition had increased markedly in 1933, when he was seven, after the injection of diphtheria...Bibliography1. BickelBroders WHAC: Primary lymphangioma of the ilium; report of a case, J. Bone and Joint Surg. 29: 517-522, 1947. Google Scholar2. Allen BM: Personal communication. Google Scholar3. Hesmath FA: Personal communication. Google Scholar4. Snapper I: Medical clinics on bone disease, 1943, Interscience Publishers, Inc., New York. Google Scholar5. AlbrightButlerHamptonSmith FAMAOP: Syndrome characterized by osteitis fibrosa disseminata, areas of pigmentation, and endocrine dysfunction, with precocious puberty in females, New England J. Med. 216: 727-746, 1937. CrossrefGoogle Scholar6. Editorial, Polyostotic fibrous dysplasia or Albright's syndrome, J. A. M. A. 135: 923, 1947. CrossrefGoogle Scholar7. JaffeLichtenstein HLL: Eosinophilic granuloma of bone. A condition affecting one, several, or many bones, but apparently limited to the skeleton, and representing the mildest clinical expression of the peculiar inflammatory histiocytosis also underlying Letterer-Siwe disease and Schüller-Christian disease, Arch. Path. 37: 99, 1944. Google Scholar8. Geschickter C: Personal communication. Google Scholar9. AllenBarkerHines EVNWEN: Peripheral vascular diseases, 1946, W. B. Saunders Co., Philadelphia. Google Scholar10. ParsonsEbb LGJH: Generalized angiomatosis presenting the clinical characteristics of storage reticulosis with some observations on the reticulo-endothelioses, Arch. Dis. Childhood 15: 129-157, 1940. CrossrefMedlineGoogle Scholar11. BucyCapp PCCS: Primary hemangioma of bone, with special reference to roentgenologic diagnosis, Am. J. Roentgenol. 23: 1-32, 1930. Google Scholar12. Bueno P: Reticuloendothelial cells reacting to toxic antigens and to infection, Arch. Path. 44: 635, 1947. Google Scholar13. Gruenwald P: Mechanisms of abnormal development, Arch. Path. 44: 495, 1947. Google Scholar This content is PDF only. To continue reading please click on the PDF icon. Author, Article, and Disclosure InformationAffiliations: *Received for publication February 24, 1948. PreviousarticleNextarticle Advertisement FiguresReferencesRelatedDetails Metrics Cited byLymphangioma/LymphangiomatosisCystic angiomatosis, a heterogeneous conditionPrimary Intestinal Lymphangiectasia and its Association With Generalized Lymphatic AnomalyLymphangioma/Lymphangiomatosis of BoneAbsence of lymphatics at the bone-implant interface: Implications for periprosthetic osteolysisLymphangioma, Cystic AngiomatosisCongenital generalized cystic lymphangiomatosis diagnosed by prenatal ultrasoundLymphangiomaCase report: Progressive vertebral collapse in diffuse angiomatosisIntraosseous lymphangiomas of the mandibleMassive osteolysisCavernous lymphangioma in a 20-day-old childLymphangioma of the craniocervical junctionAllgemeine Pathologie des LymphgefäßsystemsVascular tumors of boneChylothorax with Multiple Lymphangiomata of the BoneChylopericardium with Multiple Lymphangioma of Bone�ber das LymphangiomDiffuse skeletal hemangiomatosisKrankheiten der Gefäße 1 November 1950Volume 33, Issue 5Page: 1302-1313KeywordsBirthBoneDiphtheriaHospital medicineInflammationLymphedemaRadiologists Issue Published: 1 November 1950 PDF downloadLoading ...