RECURRENT INGUINAL LYMPHOCELE - A THERAPEUTIC CHALLENGE

Port J Card Thorac Vasc Surg. 2021 Jul 2;28(2):75-76. doi: 10.48729/pjctvs.176.

Abstract

Recurrent lymphocele after repair of crural hernia without resolution after several aspirations and injections of sclerosing agents. Reintervention with lymphatic marking (injection of patent blue dye at the interdigital level, Figure 1 a) Lymphatic marking through injection of patent blue dye at the interdigital level. b) Surgical approach of the inguinal region. Figure 1), followed by en bloc removal of the ganglia of the saphenofemoral junction and the lymphocele capsule (Figure 2). No evidence of recurrence at 24 months of follow- up.

MeSH terms

  • Groin / surgery
  • Humans
  • Lymphatic System
  • Lymphatic Vessels*
  • Lymphocele* / diagnostic imaging
  • Neoplasm Recurrence, Local