Donghao Lu1, Yuhe Wang2, Weiyue Zeng2, Bing Peng3. 1. Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, West China Second University Hospital, Sichuan University, Chengdu, China; Department of Medical Epidemiology & Biostatistics, Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm, Sweden. 2. Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, West China Second University Hospital, Sichuan University, Chengdu, China. 3. Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, West China Second University Hospital, Sichuan University, Chengdu, China. Electronic address: pengbin-a111@163.com.
Abstract
OBJECTIVE: To report a rare liveborn case with a giant, septated, chest wall lymphangioma that underwent prenatal expectation treatment. CASE REPORT: A case of giant fetal chest wall cystic lymphangioma was diagnosed prenatally at 19 weeks gestation. Expectation treatment was performed, carefully after prenatal counseling, ruling out other structural abnormalities. At 38 weeks gestation, ultrasound showed a multilocular, subcutaneous cystic mass of 12.3 cm × 9.2 cm × 11.0 cm located on the left chest wall and left upper arm. The tumor was surgically removed 4 days after birth, and no recurrence was observed in the following 18 months. CONCLUSION: Our experience suggests that a large, septated fetal lymphangioma may still merit prenatal expectation treatment if there is no evidence for chromosomal and structural abnormality.
OBJECTIVE: To report a rare liveborn case with a giant, septated, chest wall lymphangioma that underwent prenatal expectation treatment. CASE REPORT: A case of giant fetal chest wall cystic lymphangioma was diagnosed prenatally at 19 weeks gestation. Expectation treatment was performed, carefully after prenatal counseling, ruling out other structural abnormalities. At 38 weeks gestation, ultrasound showed a multilocular, subcutaneous cystic mass of 12.3 cm × 9.2 cm × 11.0 cm located on the left chest wall and left upper arm. The tumor was surgically removed 4 days after birth, and no recurrence was observed in the following 18 months. CONCLUSION: Our experience suggests that a large, septated fetal lymphangioma may still merit prenatal expectation treatment if there is no evidence for chromosomal and structural abnormality.
Authors: Mónica Andrea Pinzón Uresti; Jorge Tadeo Palacios Zertuche; Ana Luisa Carrión García; Julio Cesar Lopez Rodriguez; Juan Pablo Benavides Rodríguez; Ulises de Jesús Garza Luna; Isaías Rodríguez Balderrama Journal: J Neonatal Surg Date: 2017-01-01