Abstract
The sonographic characteristics of intrauterine cystic hygromas are described. A thin-walled, multiseptated cystic structure near the fetal head and neck and eccentrically situated with respect to the long axis of the fetus is characteristic. Another associated finding is intradermal lymphangiectasis which, when present, is thought to be pathognomonic of this condition. The differential diagnosis includes neural tube defects, unusually situated umbilical cord, gastroschisis and omphalocele, an empty second gestational sac, and amniotic bands. Four cases of intrauterine fetal cystic hygroma are reported and their echographic findings illustrated.
| Original language | English (US) |
|---|---|
| Pages (from-to) | 799-802 |
| Number of pages | 4 |
| Journal | American Journal of Roentgenology |
| Volume | 136 |
| Issue number | 4 |
| State | Published - 1981 |
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- Radiological and Ultrasound Technology
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Intrauterine fetal cystic hygromas : Sonographic detection. / Phillips, H. E.; McGahan, John P.
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T1 - Intrauterine fetal cystic hygromas
T2 - Sonographic detection
AU - Phillips, H. E.
AU - McGahan, John P
PY - 1981
Y1 - 1981
N2 - The sonographic characteristics of intrauterine cystic hygromas are described. A thin-walled, multiseptated cystic structure near the fetal head and neck and eccentrically situated with respect to the long axis of the fetus is characteristic. Another associated finding is intradermal lymphangiectasis which, when present, is thought to be pathognomonic of this condition. The differential diagnosis includes neural tube defects, unusually situated umbilical cord, gastroschisis and omphalocele, an empty second gestational sac, and amniotic bands. Four cases of intrauterine fetal cystic hygroma are reported and their echographic findings illustrated.
AB - The sonographic characteristics of intrauterine cystic hygromas are described. A thin-walled, multiseptated cystic structure near the fetal head and neck and eccentrically situated with respect to the long axis of the fetus is characteristic. Another associated finding is intradermal lymphangiectasis which, when present, is thought to be pathognomonic of this condition. The differential diagnosis includes neural tube defects, unusually situated umbilical cord, gastroschisis and omphalocele, an empty second gestational sac, and amniotic bands. Four cases of intrauterine fetal cystic hygroma are reported and their echographic findings illustrated.
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