The rarity with which cystic hygroma occurs in, and is confined to, the mediastinum justifies the report of a further case. Gross and Hurwitt (1948), after a careful review of the literature, were able to find only seven cases which they regarded as undoubted cystic hygromata, and they added a further one of their own. The author has excluded one of the cases collected by these authors, namely ...

discussion thymic cyst must be considered in differential diagnosis of a young child with a cervical mass. introduction ectopic cervical thymic cyst is a very rare cause of neck masses in children. the diagnosis is sometimes very difficult and preoperative, correctly diagnosed thymic cysts in the neck are very low. case presentation we report a 5-year-old boy with a left sided cervical mass and...

Venous anomalies are rarely seen with cystic hygromas. We describe an unusual case of cystic hygroma of the neck associated with a saccular venous aneurysm that was increasing in size. A multi-modality examination of the neck-including CT, Doppler sonography, and MR imaging-revealed multiloculated cystic lesions bilaterally with predominance on the left side. A saccular venous aneurysm was note...

A male infant was diagnosed prenatally at 20 weeks of gestation with posterior cervical cystic hygroma. The mother was a 31-year-old gravida, who had an otherwise normal systemic examination. A therapeutic abortion was arranged and fetus was aborted. Sonographic findings were confirmed on examination of aborted fetus

Wheezing infants are frequently encountered in the emergency department. Bronchiolitis is the most commonly seen cause. Radiographs are not recommended in the routine management of bronchiolitis. We present the case of a young wheezing infant with a mildly abnormal chest x-ray whose cystic hygroma caused life-threatening respiratory distress soon after he was admitted to the hospital.