Recurrent massive cystic lymphangioma.

THAT the first encounter with disease is the optimal time for its eradication is a maxim of surgical management. No disease exemplifies this more than cystic lymphangioma, a histologically benign tumor of infancy and childhood. These tumors are often poorly understood and unsuccessfully managed because of their infrequency. They can obtain new and rapid growth to massive size and infiltrate into and around muscles, vital nerves, and vessels even after long periods of quiescence.