title: Cystic hygroma--an unusual cause of induced abortion.
abstract: A male infant was diagnosed prenatally at 20 weeks of gestation with posterior cervical cystic hygroma. The mother was a 31-year-old gravida, who had an otherwise normal systemic examination. A therapeutic abortion was arranged and fetus was aborted. Sonographic findings were confirmed on examination of aborted fetus
authors.affiliation: Radiology Department, Combined Military Hospital, Bahawalpur. umar1971@hotmail.com
authors.forename: Umar
authors.initials: U
authors.lastname: Amin
authors.forename: Asad
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Khan
authors.forename: Trariq
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Ghafoor
mesh_terms: D000028:Abortion, Induced; D000328:Adult; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D018191:Lymphangioma, Cystic / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D008297:Male; D011247:Pregnancy; D016216:Ultrasonography, Prenatal