Delivery of an Infant with Airway Compression Due to Cystic Hygroma at 37 Weeks' Gestation Requiring a Multidisciplinary Decision to Use a Combination of Ex Utero Intrapartum Treatment (EXIT) and Airway Palliation at Cesarean Section

Joel Sirianni; Joseph Abro; David Gutman

doi:10.12659/AJCR.927803

03 January 2021 : Case report USA

Delivery of an Infant with Airway Compression Due to Cystic Hygroma at 37 Weeks' Gestation Requiring a Multidisciplinary Decision to Use a Combination of Ex Utero Intrapartum Treatment (EXIT) and Airway Palliation at Cesarean Section

Diagnostic / therapeutic accidents, Unusual setting of medical care, Congenital defects / diseases

Joel Sirianni^1EFG*, Joseph Abro^1EG, David Gutman^1EFG

DOI: 10.12659/AJCR.927803

Am J Case Rep 2021; 22:e927803

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Figure 1. Delivery of an infant at 37 weeks’ gestation with airway obstruction due to cystic hygroma. The infant is shown at delivery following airway intubation. A large cystic hygroma of the neck is shown, measuring 20.1×9.7×18.2 cm by ultrasound.

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Delivery of an Infant with Airway Compression Due to Cystic Hygroma at 37 Weeks' Gestation Requiring a Multidisciplinary Decision to Use a Combination of Ex Utero Intrapartum Treatment (EXIT) and Airway Palliation at Cesarean Section

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