Prenatal Diagnosis and Intrapartum Management of Congenital Ranula

Abstract

A foetal sublingual cystic lesion was diagnosed by routine prenatal ultrasonography at 27 weeks of gestation. Foetal growth and amniotic fluid volume were normal. An ex utero intrapartum treatment (EXIT) procedure was performed, and the cyst was aspirated to allow breathing during planned Caesarean section. The cyst was totally excised when the newborn was 60 days old, and histopathological examination revealed a mucous cyst of the mouth floor.

Zusammenfassung

Eine fetale sublinguale zystische Läsion wurde durch routinemäßige pränatale Sonographie in der 27. Schwangerschaftswoche diagnostiziert. Das fetale Wachstum und Fruchtwasservolumen war normal. EXIT wurde durchgeführt und die Zyste wurde aspiriert, um während des geplanten Kaiserschnitts atmen zu können. Die Zyste wurde vollständig entfernt, als das Neugeborene 60 Tage alt war und die histopathologische Untersuchung zeigte eine Schleimzyste des Mundbodens.

Key words

EXIT - lingual cyst - mucous cyst - oral cystic mass - prenatal diagnosis - ranula

Schlüsselwörter

EXIT - linguale Zyste - Schleimzyste - orale zystische Masse - pränatale Diagnose - Ranula

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