Spontaneous resolution of cystic hygroma and hydrops in a fetus with Noonan's syndrome.
Many studies have shown that the prognosis of cystic hygroma associated with hydrops fetalis is poor. We report a rare case of fetal cystic hygroma and hydrops fetalis that spontaneously resolved with subsequent delivery at 37 weeks of a living female infant with Noonan's syndrome. The prognostic significance of prenatal resolution of cystic hygroma and hydrops is uncertain. Serial evaluation of affected fetuses with ultrasound imaging may help clarify pathogenesis of cystic hygroma with associated hydrops, as well as mechanisms underlying spontaneous resolution.
Kiyota
Asuka
A
Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Graduate School of Medical Sciences, Kyushu University, Fukuoka, Japan.
Tsukimori
Kiyomi
K
Yumoto
Yasuo
Y
Hojo
Satoshi
S
Morokuma
Seiichi
S
Fukushima
Kotaro
K
Takahata
Yasushi
Y
Nakayama
Hideki
H
Wake
Norio
N
D000328:Adult; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D015160:Hydrops Fetalis / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D007231:Infant, Newborn; D018191:Lymphangioma, Cystic / Q000150:complications / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D009634:Noonan Syndrome / Q000150:complications* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D011247:Pregnancy; D011379:Prognosis; D012075:Remission, Spontaneous; D016216:Ultrasonography, Prenatal