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Prenatal diagnosis of scalp cyst with spontaneous regression
Author(s) -
Bae Jin Young,
Seong Won Joon,
Lee Taek Hoo,
Park Il Soo
Publication year - 2011
Publication title -
journal of clinical ultrasound
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.272
H-Index - 61
eISSN - 1097-0096
pISSN - 0091-2751
DOI - 10.1002/jcu.20851
Subject(s) - medicine , scalp , prenatal diagnosis , cyst , obstetrics , pregnancy , radiology , surgery , fetus , biology , genetics
Fetal scalp cysts are rare, and they may be easily misdiagnosed as meningoceles or encephaloceles. A 38‐year‐old pregnant woman was referred to our hospital for ultrasound examination, which revealed a small cyst above the skull with no defect in the skull. The cyst could not be seen on follow‐up ultrasound examinations. After delivery, a three‐dimensional CT scan of the head revealed no defect in skull and scalp. Fetal scalp cysts usually require surgical excision after birth, but can regress without any treatment. © 2011 Wiley Periodicals, Inc. J Clin Ultrasound 39:484–486, 2011
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