Open AccessAn Epidemic‐Like Appearance of Congenital Cystic Hygroma
Author(s) -
Zimmer Etan Z.,
Divon Michael Y.,
Raijman Alina,
TimorTritsch Ilan E.,
Paldi Eitan,
Peretz Bezalel A.
Publication year - 1984
Publication title -
acta obstetricia et gynecologica scandinavica
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.401
H-Index - 102
eISSN - 1600-0412
pISSN - 0001-6349
DOI - 10.3109/00016348409156701
Subject(s) - medicine , cystic hygroma , fetus , anomaly (physics) , pediatrics , pregnancy , surgery , genetics , physics , biology , condensed matter physics
. Five fetuses with cystic hyroma were diagnosed in our department during a period of 5 months. Four of them were identified by an ultrasonic examination. No common causative factor was found to explain the appearance of such a rare anomaly in 5 cases over a very short period of time.