A case of intrauterine medical treatment for cystic hygroma

Eur J Obstet Gynecol Reprod Biol. 1996 Dec 27;70(2):201-3. doi: 10.1016/s0301-2115(95)02547-2.

Abstract

We report the first case of an intrauterine treatment for cystic hygroma. Guided by ultrasonography, we first removed intracystic fluid from two cysts and then injected OK-432 into each fetal cyst at 21 and 28 weeks of gestation. No re-enlargement of the cysts was subsequently observed. At 38 weeks of gestation, a male infant was delivered transvaginally. Only a slight skin fold was observed in the nuchal area of the neonate, indicating the effectiveness of OK-432 for the intrauterine treatment of cystic hygroma.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Adult
  • Antineoplastic Agents / administration & dosage
  • Antineoplastic Agents / therapeutic use*
  • Female
  • Fetal Diseases / diagnostic imaging
  • Fetal Diseases / drug therapy*
  • Head and Neck Neoplasms / diagnostic imaging
  • Head and Neck Neoplasms / drug therapy*
  • Humans
  • Lymphangioma, Cystic / diagnostic imaging
  • Lymphangioma, Cystic / drug therapy*
  • Male
  • Picibanil / administration & dosage
  • Picibanil / therapeutic use*
  • Pregnancy
  • Ultrasonography, Prenatal

Substances

  • Antineoplastic Agents
  • Picibanil