Intra-Abdominal Cystic Lymphangioma

A term baby boy was delivered by elective caesarean delivery owing to increasing size of a cystic mass in the abdomen, which had been first detected antenatally using ultrasound examination. The differential diagnosis based on this antenatal scan was lymphangioma, mesenteric cyst, meconium peritonitis, meconium cyst, or bowel obstruction secondary to perforation. Fetal magnetic resonance imaging (T1-weighted) showed possible free fluid in the anterior abdominal cavity extending to the left side of the abdomen where umbilical vessels were seen traversing the fluid.
Source: The Journal of Pediatrics - Category: Pediatrics Authors: Tags: Insights and Images Source Type: research