Cystic Lymphangioma of the Newborn in A Case Report

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ISSN: 2637-9627

Cystic Lymphangioma of the Newborn in A Case Report

Corresponding Author(s): Zainab Moussaid
Department of Infectiology and Pneumo-Allergology Pediatric, Children’s Hospital Rabat, CHU Ibn Sina, Morocco.
zainab.moussaid86@gmail.com & najibelhamdani@gmail.com
Moussaid Z (2022).
This Article is distributed under the terms of Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License

Received	:	Jul 20, 2022
Accepted	:	Aug 22, 2022
Published Online	:	Aug 23, 2022
Journal	:	Annals of Pediatrics
Publisher	:	MedDocs Publishers LLC
Online edition	:	http://meddocsonline.org

Cite this article: Moussaid Z, Belhajj FT, Mekkaoui N, Dakhama BSB, Karboubi L. Cystic Lymphangioma of the Newborn in A Case Report. Ann Pediatr. 2022; 5(2): 1104

Case report

This was a new born at 5 days of age, with a non consanguineous marriage, a healthy sibling, born by cesarean section, with a birth weight of 3700g. At birth, he had distension + thoracic swelling with a club foot, which led to a malformative assessment: Transfontanellar ultrasound (normal), transthoracic ultrasound (normal).

On admission: Presence of a facial hemangioma, bilateral clubfeet, Pleuro-pulmonary examination found a thoracic deformation with an extensive soft swelling on the left arm. The rest of the examination was normal.

A thoraco-abdominal CT scan was in favor of cystic lymphangioma of the left thorax and lumbar region extending to the left arm.

Appearance of cystic lymphangioma on chest CT Clinical aspect of cystic lymphangioma

Parameters	n	%
Age Mean ± SD	17.54 ± 3.2 months
<24 months	87	44.62
≥24 months	108	55.38
Gender
Male	112	57.44
Female	83	42.56
Mid Upper Arm Circumference
<80 mm	69	35.38
≥80 mm	162	64.62
Weight
<7 kg	103	52.82
≥7 kg	92	47.18
Height
<100 cm	125	64.10
≥100 cm	70	35.90
Edema
Present	85	43.49
Absent	110	56.41
Comorbidities
Acute diarrhea	103	52.82
Pneumonia	46	23.59
Tuberculosis	32	16.41
Measles	7	3.59
Malaria	7	3.59

Outcome	Stabilized		LAMA		Died		p-Value
Parameter	n	%	n	%	n	%
Age (months)							0.013
<24	64	40.0%	13	59.1%	10	76.9%
≥24	96	60.0%	9	40.9%	3	23.1%
Gender							0.539
Female	68	42.5%	11	50.0%	4	30.8%
Male	92	57.5%	11	50.0%	9	69.2%
EDEMA							0.448
Present	87	54.4%	14	63.6%	9	69.2%
Absent	73	45.6%	8	36.4%	4	30.8%
Comorbidities							0.851
Acute diarrhea	86	53.8%	11	50.0%	6	46.2%
Pneumonia	4	2.5%	2	9.1%	1	7.7%
Tuberculosis	5	3.1%	1	4.5%	1	7.7%
Measles	38	23.8%	5	22.7%	3	23.1%

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Cystic Lymphangioma of the Newborn in A Case Report

Case report

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