Case challenge · Imaging / Fetal medicine / ENT · teaching

Fetal Neck Mass · EXIT Assessment · case challenge

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Case #1Imaging / Fetal medicine / ENT

📋 Case data

Mass nature + airway involvementSmall mass, trachea midline, normal amniotic fluid, no compression

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Step 1 / 1 · Mass nature + airway involvement

Mass nature + airway involvement assessment (fetal MRI)?

💡 Neck masses: lymphatic malformation (cystic hygroma, most common), cervical teratoma (solid + cystic ± calcification), hemangioma, etc. Fetal MRI is better than ultrasound: assesses extent, airway (tracheal/esophageal compression-deviation), soft-tissue characterization (T1 high = hemorrhage/fat; multiseptated cystic = lymphatic), relation to vessels/spine, differentiates goiter.

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