1. (Beahrs, Judd, and Dockerty, 1950).
2. in colon,1970
3. At laparotomy the polypoidal mass was palpated To date there have been six cases of lymphatic in the upper third of the descending colon, but cysts of the colon documented; one was found in the suddenly disappeared. (Subsequently, this was ascending colon (Arnett and Friedman, 1956), one in found to be due to rupture and emptying of the cyst the hepatic flexure (Alvich and Lepow, 1960), three during palpation.) A segmental resection was underin the transverse colon (Koenig, Claudon, and taken. The resected colon was opened and a large Byrne, 1955; Higgason, 1958; Greene, Kirshen, and redundant fold of mucosa was found which was,1970
4. documented a case in which the patient Received for publication,1971
5. Intestinal lymphatic cysts are thin walled, unior multilocular, are submucosal and contain serous fluid. Their aetiology is uncertain;Gerster; has shown that cystic lymphangiomata may arise from cavernous lymphangiomata and may have cavernous lymphatic tissue in their walls,1939