Medical Definition of Cystic hygroma

1. Multiple cystic structures in nuchal region, lack of communication btw cervical lymphatics and venous system, unlike encephalocele: no cranial defect, no vertebral anomaly associated with: Turner syndrome, Roberts syndrome (single-gene disorder), Down syndrome (12 Dec 1998)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Cystic Hygroma

cystic artery
cystic breast disease
cystic bronchiectasis
cystic carcinoma
cystic diathesis
cystic disease of renal medulla
cystic duct
cystic duct cholangiography
cystic fibrosis
cystic fibrosis antigen
cystic fibrosis transmembrane conductance regulator
cystic gall duct
cystic goiter
cystic hygroma (current term)
cystic hyperplasia
cystic hyperplasia of the breast
cystic kidney
cystic liver metastases
cystic lymph node
cystic lymphangiectasis
cystic mastitis
cystic medial necrosis
cystic node
cystic papillomatous craniopharyngioma
cystic polyp

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