Abdominal lymphangioma in a preterm infant.
A newborn infant, noted on prenatal ultrasonography to have a huge, multiseptated cystic intraabdominal mass, had severe respiratory failure at birth because of a massively distended abdomen. Acute treatment included removal of 1.7 L of serous fluid, aggressive respiratory support, and numerous diagnostic studies. Definitive therapy was excision of the cyst by laparoscopy. Pathologic examination showed cystic lymphangioma.
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Division of Neonatology, Albert Einstein Medical Center, Temple University School of Medicine, Philadelphia, Pa 19141, USA.
Rosenberg
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Horrow
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Kumar
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D000008:Abdominal Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000628:therapy; D004322:Drainage; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007231:Infant, Newborn; D007234:Infant, Premature; D010535:Laparoscopy; D008202:Lymphangioma / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000628:therapy; D008297:Male; D011247:Pregnancy; D012121:Respiration, Artificial; D016216:Ultrasonography, Prenatal