Abstract
Describe the importance of identifying the multidisciplinary team approach to managing fetal head and neck masses in utero
Discuss the roles MRI and sonography have in documenting fetal head and neck masses in utero to prevent airway obstruction before birth
Review the ex-utero ante partum (EXIT) team advanced strategy options and treatment to ensure safe delivery for a mother and baby during delivery
1. According to the authors, a fetus with a head and neck mass may require an EXIT to airway preplanning team in place that balances risk/benefit to the mother and fetus. What does this involve overall?
Potential risk to the mother and risk to the neonate Potential risk to the fetus Potential benefit to the mother Potential risk to the mother and benefit to the neonate
In this case report, while managing a 23-year-old G1P0 patient, a multidisciplinary team discovered a fetal neck mass in a 19-week obstetric sonogram with a diagnosis of ______?
Sarcoma Lymphangioma Goiter Teratoma
An axial sonogram of the fetus at 30 weeks in Figure 1E demonstrates a mass causing an 11.5 mm ______________ from the cervical spine.
Posterior tracheal displacement Complete airway obstruction Complete obstruction of oropharyngeal airway Anterior tracheal displacement
Figure 1A and B demonstrated a bilobed anterior neck mass in the fetus using what imaging modality?
CT MRI Radiography Sonography
Serial sonograms are the preferred modality for following neck masses to evaluate change in airway patency during the 3rd trimester and, according to the authors, may be regularly scheduled at what weekly intervals?
2 x week 2 weeks 2 - 4 weeks 4 weeks