Clinical characteristics and risk factors for acute abdomen in patients with abdominal lymphatic malformations.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

The diagnosis of abdominal lymphatic malformations (ALMs) is often overlooked in clinical practice. However, reports in the literature about ALMs are limited to case reports and series with small sample sizes. This study aimed to review our currently available data to describe the clinical characteristics of ALMs and evaluate the risk factors for acute abdomen caused by ALMs.

Methods

We reviewed the records of patients with ALMs who were diagnosed between December 2008 and January 2023 in our institution. The associations between acute abdomen and ALMs were analyzed based on single-factor and multivariate logistic regression analyses.

Results

This study included 345 patients with pathologically confirmed ALMs, with a slight female predominance of 1:1.4. Appr

SUBMITTER: Yang C 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11764771 | biostudies-literature | 2025 Jan

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature