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A Case of Cystic Hygroma Which Disappeared Without Extirpation
Koichi YASUDAYusuke IKEDAKentaro INOUE
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1971 Volume 17 Issue 1 Pages 40-43

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A newborn with a goose egg sized tumor in the left neck was often led into a cyanosis. A puncture of the tumor was done, and 10ml gas and 1ml yellow fluid were obtained. As the puncture was repeated, the gas percentage decreased and the fluid percentage increased. But, in the next day of the puncture, the tumor returned to the former size. An incision was made after several times of the puncture. At that time, we recognized the tumor was composed of two or more cysts. Escherichia coli (E. coli) were cultivated from the fluid of the first puncture, and B. pyocyaneus changed the place. The newborn had pus in the lacuna of the palatine tonsil. A cystic hygroma was the most suspective neck tumor which was very large and multilocular. The cyst appeared to have an intercouse with the palatine tonsil and to be infected with E. coli. The E. coli may resolve carbohydrate to gas. E. coli were replaced by B. pyocyaneus and the bacteria were eradicated by Gentamicin. The wall of the cyst adhered and the tumor disappeared.
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