Fatal Airway Obstruction in a Man With a Cystic Hygroma

The American Journal of Forensic Medicine and Pathology
Cassandra Maria Wygant, Stephen D Cohle

Abstract

We describe a 24-year-old man with a cystic hygroma of the left side of the lower neck that led to sudden death. Cystic hygroma (cystic lymphangioma) is a congenital malformation of the lymphatic system. The patient, who had a tracheostomy because of airway obstruction from the cystic hygroma, was found dead with his tracheostomy tube on the floor next to him. Complications of cystic hygroma include infiltration of the neck causing airway obstruction, dysphagia, pain, and obstructive sleep apnea.

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