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Ultrasonography of a 22+4-week-old fetus with inguinal lymphatic malformation. A - Gray scale sagittal view of prenatal ultrasonography showing abdomino-inguinal lymphatic malformation; B - 3D ultrasonography showing peripheral mass (arrows).
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A singleton, live, female fetus with irregular subcutaneous cystic mass, measuring 55 x 38mm in size at the widest plane on the left inguinal region was revealed by ultrasound (Figure 1).
T2-weighted fetal MRI at 24 weeks' gestation. a - Axial view showing subcutaneous lymph collection (arrow); b - Coronal view showing lymphatic malformation extending to the knee (arrow).
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The fetal thorax and intra-abdominal organs were normal in the magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) examination (Figure 2).
MRI of newborn at the first day of life. A - T2-weighted coronal axis showing the complex cystic/solid pelvic mass (arrows); B - T1-weighted fat saturated axial MRI showing the lymphatic malformation (arrow).
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The MRI detected lymphatic-venous vascular malformation, which was associated with the femoral vein (Figure 3).