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Picture of the Month
Ala Stanford, MD;
Jeffrey S. Upperman, MD;
Edward M. Barksdale, Jr, MD
From the Department of Pediatric Surgery, Children's Hospital of Pittsburgh,
Pittsburgh, Pa.
Arch Pediatr Adolesc Med. 2001;155:1271-1272.
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AN ANTENATAL ultrasound examination of a 39-year-old woman with a pregnancy
of 21 weeks' gestation demonstrated a large, complex, multicystic cervical
mass measuring 10 x 12 cm on the fetus. The neck mass was felt to be
compressing the upper airway and, potentially, the esophagus. The prenatal
course was complicated by maternal polyhydramnios. The infant was delivered
at term via an EXIT (ex utero intrapartum treatment) procedure. At delivery,
a huge mass was noted surrounding the infant's neck (Figure 1). The infant was immediately intubated.
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Figure 1.
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The mass was excised on the third day of life (Figure 2).
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Figure 2.
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Denouement and Discussion: Cervical Hygroma and Ex Utero Intrapartum Treatment (EXIT)
Figure 1. A huge cystic hygroma
distorts the entire anterior cervical area.
Figure 2. Appearance of the
infant following neck mass resection and tracheostomy.
Cystic hygroma is one of the most . . . [Full Text of this Article]
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