Bilan iconographique ( échographie/IRM) dans l’évaluation anténatale des malformations lymphatiques kystiques cervicales

Conclusion L’IRM et l’échographie paraissent indissociables pour permettre une évaluation et une prise en charge optimale des masses cervicales. Le bilan des lésions associées semble pouvoir nous aider dans l’orientation diagnostique. Enfin, les lymphangiomes semblent avoir une stabilité au cours de la grossesse et un bon pronostic en cas de masse cervicale lymphatique non compliquée et sans extension péjorative. Objectives Assess imaging (ultrasound±MRI) in the diagnosis of cervical cystic lymphangioma. Methods Retrospective, descriptive study of the patients who underwent reference ultrasound screening for fetal anterior cervival masses in multidisciplinary prenatal diagnosis center of the Lille Regional University Hospital from 1997 to 2014. Results Seventeen lymphangiomas were identified. Seventy-three percent of lymphangiomas (n =12) were diagnosed in the baseline ultrasound and 85% (n =11) in MRI. An extra-cervical extension was identified in 10 (62%) with ultrasound and 11 (85%) with MRI. Main sites of mass extension objectived by ultrasound and MRI were respectively the face (4,23%/6,46%), the base of tongue (3, 18%/2, 15%) and buccal floor (3, 18%/3, 15%). Pharyngeal disease (5,38%) and mandible (4,31%) were detected by MRI and not found on ultrasound. Associated malformations detected with ultrasound were 2 (12%) urogenital malformation, 1 (6%) heart defect and 1 (6%) facial anomalies. Lymphangiomas remained stable in volume in 12 (71%) cases and...
Source: Gynecologie Obstetrique and Fertilite - Category: OBGYN Source Type: research