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Q: Cyst Found On Ultrasound
asked by: wr17 on September 27th, 2006
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Hey everyone. I'm 24 wks and 1 day pregnant with a little girlie! Yesterday I had a check up and they told me that they had found a cyst on her brain when I had my 20 wk ultrasound. The nurse prac talked about it like it was nothing and told me not to worry, that it would more than likely go away. I'm so worried. She said sometimes they see cysts on babies in that stage of pregnancy and at my 28 wk appointment, they would do another ultrasound and see if it had went away. Did this happen to any of you? If so, what happened? Please reply! Thanks so much.
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princess_amy89
replied on September 28th, 2006
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I havent this is my 1st but she said its nothing to worry about and she is professional
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Jules
replied on September 28th, 2006
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".To be told your baby has a cyst or cysts in its brain is scary. In fact, a choroid plexus cyst is just a collection of fluid in the part of the brain which makes the fluid that cushions the brain and spinal cord. The 'cyst' is just a small build-up of fluid as it moves through the connecting tubes. As the baby grows, so the tubes get bigger and the fluid moves on. Cpcs are almost always gone by 24 weeks and do no harm to the baby's brain.

Cpcs look like black spots in the hemispheres of the brain and were first seen in the 1980s. They caused a scare initially because many babies with edward's syndrome were found to have cpcs. However, research has shown that edward's babies also have other abnormalities, such as strawberry-shaped heads (see image 1, below), overlapping fingers and abnormal feet, heart, kidney or abdominal problems.

It is now known that one per cent of all babies have one or more cpcs in early pregnancy (see image 2, below). In the absence of other markers (isolated cpcs) they are insignificant and sonographers in many hospitals do not even mention them any more. "
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princess_amy89
replied on September 28th, 2006
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Oh sorry I said its nothing to worry about sorry hope its all gonna be ok good luck x
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oh_mommy
replied on September 28th, 2006
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If the doctors tell you not to worry, try not to because you dont want to stress yourself.. I know it sounds scary... Take me for example.... My doctors found a bright spot on my baby right about his stomach, and they have no idea what it could be yet, so they said when he is born they will have a ultrasound done on him so they can see the spot clearer... Atleast you know what is in your baby... But yeah knowing that its in her head would be pretty scary.. But like I said try not to worry
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