Cystic hygroma is a rare congenital malformation of the lymphatic system. It is most frequently detected in the head and neck region. Ultrasonography is performed as the first step for radiological diagnosis of these lesions. Magnetic resonance imaging provides important information for diagnosis and to guide treatment. In this paper, a case is reported of cervicomediastinal large cystic hygrom...

Cystic cervical hygroma or cervical cystic lymphangioma is a congenital benign disease of the lymphatic system that is characterized by the accumulation of lymph in the jugular lymphatic sacs of the nuchal region. The factor that causes this pathology is not clarified yet but the physiopathological mechanism seems to be multifactorial. The incidence and prevalence of cervical hygroma are increa...

Barrand, K. G., and Freeman, N. V. (1973). Archives of Disease in Childhood, 48, 523. Massive infiltrating cystic hygroma of the neck in infancy. Nine cases of massive infiltrating cystic hygroma of the neck are reviewed; it was in this group that major difficulties in treatment arose. Unexpectedly high morbidity and mortality were found after surgical removal. Conservative management of these ...

Cystic Hygroma is a well-recognized lesion in paediatric patients but it is very rare in adults. We report here a case of Cervical Cystic Hygroma in a 45 yr old male. The reasons to present this case are 1) Its rarity in adults 2) Unusual age of presentation 3) Simulates various benign and malignant lesions at this site 4) Is a diagnostic challenge and 5) Role of histology for definitive postop...

Background/Aim : Cystic hygroma is a congenital malformation of lymphatic system. Surgical excision is the treatment of choice and sclerosing agent injection into the cysts is an alternative one. The aim of this study was to review results of the treatment of cystic hygroma with intralesional bleomycin injection in a 16 year period at a tertiary hospital for pediatric patients in Thailand. Mate...

We studied the outcome of fetuses in whom cystic hygroma was diagnosed in the first and early second-trimester of pregnancy using transvaginal ultrasonography. The purpose of this study was to evaluate the association between fetal cystic hygroma and fetal cytogenetic abnormalities, and the long-term prognosis. Thirty-five consecutive fetuses between 9.1 and 13.4 weeks of gestation diagnosed as...

Pre-cervical inflammation is rarely seen in a newborn. Those swellings that are seen are usually congenital, such as vascular malformations, teratoma, dermoid cyst, thyroglossal cyst, cystic hygroma (abnormal lymphatic tissue), and very rarely, inflammation secondary to infection. Being able to differentiate between each condition is important because the course, treatment and prognosis for eac...

A case of intrathoracic, extramediastinal cystic hygroma presenting with pneumonia in a 6 year old boy is described.