Fetal neurenteric cyst causing hydrops: case report and review of the literature |
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Authors: | Wilkinson C C Albanese C T Jennings R W Feldstein V A Goldberg J D Baehner F L Farrell J A Peacock W J Harrison M R |
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Affiliation: | Fetal Treatment Center, University of California, San Francisco 94143-0570, USA. |
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Abstract: | Routine prenatal ultrasound revealed a unilocular cystic mass associated with upper thoracic hemivertebrae that grew to 6 cm at 28 weeks and was associated with hydrops. A thoraco-amniotic shunt decompressed the cyst and resolved the hydrops, but the shunt occluded 17 days later. Preterm labour led to vaginal delivery at 31 2/7 weeks. Postnatally, the cyst was decompressed by thoracentesis due to respiratory distress. It was resected on day four of life. Severe tracheobronchomalacia was present post-operatively, presumably due to prenatal mass effect of the cyst. At one year of age, the child has recovered completely without adverse respiratory or neurological sequelae. |
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