title: [Retrocervical cystic hygroma. Ultrasonic diagnosis. Apropos of 5 cases].
abstract: The authors report five ultrasonic imaging between 13 and 32 weeks of gestation. All of them have an hydrops fetalis and an aspect of like masses located in the nuchal region. A cystic retrocervical hygroma was confirmed at autopsy examination in three cases. The diagnosis of cystic hygroma remains inaccurate in the other two cases in the lack of the radiographic and anatomical verification. A review of the literature was made up to define the diagnostic aspects of the hygroma colli, their histological aspects and the mains etiological factors.
authors.affiliation: Centre de Maternité et de Néonatologie de la Rabta, Tunis, Tunisie.
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Chelli
authors.forename: M N
authors.initials: MN
authors.lastname: Ben Younes
authors.forename: F
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Zouari-Touhami
authors.forename: M N
authors.initials: MN
authors.lastname: Soussi
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Dellagi
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Boubaker
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Kharouf
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D005260:Female; D005315:Fetal Diseases / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000473:pathology; D006258:Head and Neck Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000473:pathology; D006801:Humans; D008202:Lymphangioma / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000473:pathology; D011247:Pregnancy; D011296:Prenatal Diagnosis; D014463:Ultrasonography
vernacular_title: L'hygroma kystique rétrocervical. Un diagnostic échographique. A propos de cinq observations.