Email this article Fetal thoraco-abdominal lymphangioma: a case report
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Lymphangiomas are rare congenital malformations of the lymphatic system. Authors present a case with giant, septated, axillary thoraco-abdominal lymphangioma. Diagnosis was made at 19 weeks’ gestation by antenatal ultrasonography. The case underwent prenatal expectation treatment.
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