A huge branchial cleft cyst detected prenatally: Differential diagnosis from other neck cystic lesions / 대한산부인과학회지

Though branchial cleft cysts (BCC) are common cause of congenital cyst formation in the neck, the prenatal cases have been reported very rarely. We discovered fetal neck cyst at 32 weeks of gestation and eventually diagnosed it as BCC by postnatal surgical excision and histologic findings. It is hard to establish differential diagnosis of BCC from other congenital neck cysts on fetal ultrasonography. The anatomic locations and clinical features of each cystic lesions are important to diagnose accurately and then to achieve complete surgical excision for recurrence-free treatment. We present a case of a BCC detected prenatally and survey the points of differential diagnosis of a BCC from other neck cystic lesions on fetal ultrasonography.

A case of vulvar hemangiopericytoma / 대한산부인과학회지

Hemangiopericytoma is a rare vascular tumor arising from the adventitial pericytes of the small capillaries. Hemangiopericytomas primarily affect adults and are rare in infants and children. Both genders are equally affected. The most common anatomic locations for hemangiopericytoma are the lower extremity, axilla, pelvis, retroperitoneum, and head and neck. Surgical resection is the treatment of choice for hemangiopericytoma. The occurrence of this tumor in the vulva is rare, and to our knowledge we report the first case of a hemangiopericytoma arising from the vulva in Korea