An epidemic-like appearance of congenital cystic hygroma.
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.
D005260:Female; D006258:Head and Neck Neoplasms / Q000151:congenital / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000453:epidemiology*; D006801:Humans; D007557:Israel; D008202:Lymphangioma / Q000151:congenital / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000453:epidemiology*; D008297:Male; D011247:Pregnancy; D011296:Prenatal Diagnosis; D014463:Ultrasonography