A 3‐h‐old female neonate, with a birth weight of 2500 g, born at 40 weeks of gestation following full‐term normal vaginal delivery and had a large globular mass in anterior… Click to show full abstract
A 3‐h‐old female neonate, with a birth weight of 2500 g, born at 40 weeks of gestation following full‐term normal vaginal delivery and had a large globular mass in anterior aspect of the neck [Figure 1a]. On examination, the mass was seen to be attached to the underlying mandible [Figure 1b]. There was a raw area below the mass with the presence of transmitted pulsations and expansion with each respiration. Systemic examination revealed a cardiac murmur, which on a two‐dimensional echocardiography was shown to be a result of a complex congenital heart disease – double outlet right ventricle with left‐to‐right ventricular septal defect. Following a cardiology consultation and after informed consent from the parents about the condition and possible outcome, the child was taken up for excision of the globular mass. The child succumbed 4 h postoperatively due to cardiac failure.
               
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