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A pitfall in diagnosing fetal abdominal lymphangioma: A report of two cases
Author(s) -
Niwa Yuri,
Imai Kenji,
Kotani Tomomi,
Nakano Tomoko,
Ushida Takafumi,
Moriyama Yoshinori,
Kikkawa Fumitaka
Publication year - 2019
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.22756
Subject(s) - medicine , lymphangioma , radiology , ultrasound , fetus , abdominal ultrasound , pregnancy , biology , genetics
Typical ultrasound findings of fetal abdominal lymphangioma include thick‐walled, multiseptated anechoic masses. Although a majority of cases can be suspected promptly by ultrasound examination, the two cases presented herein did not meet the standard criteria and were misleading. Both cases involved unilocular cysts without clear septations, but in retrospect were atypical findings of fetal abdominal lymphangioma. A few reports of misleading cases have been described previously; however, the precise characteristics have not been reported in detail. Therefore, in this case report, we focused predominantly upon the difficulties encountered in the prenatal diagnosis of abdominal lymphangioma based on ultrasound morphology alone.