Fig. 11

Lymphatic malformation in a 2 day old male. a coronal and b axial T2 weighted MR images delineate the complex lesion causing marked distortion of the anatomy of the neck. On the axial image, the prevertebral disease (thin arrow) displaces the trachea (thick arrow); this is the area that should be targeted with sclerotherapy to improve the child’s respiratory status. The more bulky, superficial disease (broken arrow), although tempting to treat, is of little clinical consequence at this stage