My daughter called yesterday after her 20 week sonogram and said that her baby boy has a choroid plexus cyst in his brain. I read differing opinions on the internet and was wondering if any of you have experienced this? From what I can tell, it may or may not go away and it may or may not cause developmental problems. I worked in a hospital for many years and cannot believe I haven't even heard of this.
I would just like to put our mind at ease, but we love our little baby boy no matter what.
Thanks for all the responses. They really put my mind at ease and I forwarded them to my daughter. God bless all of you.
J.
First thing I can say, is please don't worry. I had this with my daughter, and I literally worried myself sick about it. We were sent to a specialist two weeks later and it was gone. The worst thing you can do is research on the internet. Please don't worry.
J.- don't worry too much about it- my 3rd son also had these CPS's - they usually clear up on thier own- by the time she has her next ultrasound- they will probably have dissolved - if not- her doctor will give her options/treatments if they are at all concerned. Technology is a blessing and a curse isn't it? These things may have been present in over half of our brains when we were developing, but now because technology is so developed, we see things that we get concerned about, Let God handle these things....I'm sure that precious baby is just fine.
Good LUck
Nikki
My brother and sister-in-law went through the same thing. After several agonizing months of waiting, tests and more waiting, the doctor said the cyst seemed to have disappeared. The family was still very concerned, but in November '07 a perfectly healthy baby girl was born. She is now almost 8 months old and is a happy and healthy child. You would never know there may have been a problem during her mom's pregnancy. Take care and trust in the Lord.
My oldest daughter had a choroid plexus cyst. It sounds really scary, but is very common. Many babies have them, but they disappear before they are ever seen. There are several things they look for to make sure it is ok...such as there only being one, not two, the size, shape and rechecking it later. I hope all is well...good luck and congratulations!!!
J.,
This is one of the many problems with ultrasounds: they give you information that may have no meaning at all and may raise the level of concern for a mom during her pregnancy interfering with bonding and the joy pregnancy is supposed to bring. As a former direct-entry midwife, I've encountered people who have had such results on their U/S. It often disappears and even when it doesn't, it's not necessarily a bad thing.
Though it's considered a "soft sign" for fetal anomalies, it is considered such because it's not definitely correlated with fetal anomalies. In my mind, it's a correlate with fetal anomalies only like being a pre-born baby is correlated with fetal anomalies. Some now think this may be normal developmental stage that the pre-born baby goes through.
I've been involved in cases where the U/S was so terribly wrong and the parents were strongly encouraged to abort, but didn't and then found out at birth their baby was perfectly healthy.
I'd encourage you not to borrow trouble just yet. The Lord is still in control. Love this baby and encourage your daughter.
D. S (mom to 5, granny to one)
You may have not heard of it because it usually resolves in utero. I was told by my ob that it is actually not that uncommon to see that on the US with no end problems.
I have a HEALTHY 4 month old little boy. At his 20 week ultrasound, the tech saw the same type of cyst on his brain. She told us how it would probably go away and rarely do they cause any problem. But, my doctor's protocol is to send any irregular ultrasounds to a specialist. So at 24 weeks we went to a perinatologist and had another ultrasound. The cyst had gone away. After talking to friends and family about it, i found out that my neice had one and my friend's daughter had one at their 20 week ultrasounds and both were gone before birth. Then an adult friend said that through medical tests for other symptoms, she was told that she herself had a small brain cyst and the doctor said that people have them all of the time. It is a developmental growth and rarely causes any problems. I hope this info helps. It helped me tremendously to know that others had the same type of cysts and it was apparently no big deal. Certainly, the same will proove true for your grandson. congratulations.
I have experienced this first hand with my son after my 20 week ultrasound. They found that he had two choroid plexus cysts on his brain. It was scary for me just knowing that something may be wrong with him. I had another ultrasound done to follow up - I believe it was around 30 weeks, and the cysts had dissolved, disappeared and were no longer a concern. What a relief. It is a relatively common occurance during fetal development. My doctor did not seem too concerned over it and did not give me reason to get worried and worked up about - even though I did after finding out about it. I know how it can feel having to wait to hear the results again, but try to think positively, and pray about it. Best wishes!
