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Cephalocele and cystic hygroma: diagnosis and differentiation in the first trimester of pregnancy with transvaginal sonography. Report of two cases
Author(s) -
van ZalenSprock M. M.,
van Vugt J. M. G.,
van der Harten H. J.,
van Geijn H. P.
Publication year - 1992
Publication title -
ultrasound in obstetrics and gynecology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 3.202
H-Index - 141
eISSN - 1469-0705
pISSN - 0960-7692
DOI - 10.1046/j.1469-0705.1992.02040289.x
Subject(s) - cystic hygroma , medicine , pregnancy , fetus , autopsy , obstetrics , radiology , pathology , genetics , biology
Abstract Two case reports are presented of fetuses with malformations in the neck region, detected in the first trimester of pregnancy by transvaginal ultrasonography. In one fetus a septated cystic hygroma was visualized. Trisomy 18 was found. The other fetus presented with a cephalocele. The ultrasound diagnosis was confirmed at autopsy in both cases. Sonographic criteria to distinguish between cystic hygroma and occipital cephalocele in the first trimester of pregnancy are discussed. Copyright © 1992 International Society of Ultrasound in Obstetrics and Gynecology