[Monstrous fetal lymphangioma of the thoracic wall bilaterally. Case report and discussion of diagnosis and perinatal management].

Prenatal diagnosis, perinatal management, and surgical treatment of children with lymphangioma can cause considerable difficulties. This paper presents a case of a thoracic wall lymphangioma diagnosed in the seventeenth week of pregnancy, with quickly developed monstrous dimensions. The postnatal phase was complicated by preterm delivery in the 32nd week or pregnancy, bleeding in the tumor and mechanical compression of the thorax by the huge masses. Pediatric intensive care and surgical treatment save the child. Cosmetic result is convenient. By example of the presented case the literature, problems of diagnosis, perinatal management and nomenclature of lymphangioma are discussed.