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Prenatal diagnosis of fetal abdominal lymphangioma by ultrasonography

P Deshpande1, P Twining, D O'Neill

  • 1Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, Queen's Medical Centre, Castle Boulevard, Nottingham NG7 2UH, UK.

Ultrasound in Obstetrics & Gynecology : the Official Journal of the International Society of Ultrasound in Obstetrics and Gynecology
|June 2, 2001
PubMed

We present a case of abdominal lymphangioma in a fetus together with a review of the literature. Diagnosis was made at 20 weeks' gestation by antenatal ultrasonography. In keeping with other reports, the lesion was located on the left and serial ultrasonography demonstrated rapid growth with extension into the lower extremity.

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