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KMID : 0367419750160010035
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Journal of Korean Pediatric Society
1975 Volume.16 No. 1 p.35 ~ p.39
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A Clinical Study of Cystic Hygroma
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黃秀榮/Whang, Soo Yung
朴瓊淑/金炳吉/陳東植/Park, Kyung Sook/Kim, Pyung Kil/Chin, Dong Shik
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Abstract
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Cystic hygroma id a rare disease, but we can easily diagnose it with the maked eye, and it develops mostly within the first 2 years of life. The purpose of this paper is to report 20 cases of cystic hygroma which were treated as in-patients in the Pediatric or Surgical Departments of Severance Hospital during last 18 years.
The conclusions are summerized as follows:
1. 80% or 16 out of the 20 cases developed a mass within the first 2 years of life.
2. Chief complaints were presence of a tumor mass, infection, fever or pressure symptoms due to mass.
3. tumor mass mostly seen at neck. 50% or 10 out of the 20 cases had a tumor mass of the neck and 75% or 15 out of the 20 cases had a mass in the region of the neck. In 2 cases, a tumor mass was located in the retropiritoneal region and these were considered a very rare place.
4. There were 4 cases of post-operative complications and one death.
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