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Cystic Hygroma

Inheritance patterns and prenatal diagnosis

Inheritance patterns
No hereditary association has been identified

Prenatal diagnosis
In some cases the condition has been diagnosed through ultrasound scanning while in others it has remained undetected. This is because there is a wide variation in the extent of the condition which ranges from a small growth on the neck to a very extensive mass of growths.

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Medical text written July 1999 by Mr J Harcourt. Last reviewed November 2004 by Mr J Harcourt, Consultant Paediatric Ear Nose and Throat Surgeon, Chelsea and Westminster Hospital, London, UK.

 

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