Choroid Plexus Cysts

[nb2010]

Hi Girls,
I 18.5 weeks. Yesterday I went in for my ultrasound and found we're having a girl .
Everything on the US was absolutely in normal range except there was a small Choroid Plexus Cysts found on her brain. My doctor told me since it is the only marker she is not worried about it but if she had any other markers then she would do further tests for trisomy 18 (associated with down syndrome). She saw that I was very worried and she knows I stress out over things - she told me if it will make you feel better we can do genetic testing to determine the baby's chances of having DS. She said she is not worried at all. So I did the test yesterday and now waiting for results...which hopefully come in tmoro or Monday.
The US will be repeated in 4 weeks and hopefully the cyst will be gone!

OKAY, any of you girls have any experience with this? Everything I've read online say >99% of cases the cyst resolves and it is nothing it if is not associated with other markers.

Thank you so much!

 

[Mummy of Ange]

I have. I experience with cysts but at my 20 week scan my little girl had an increased nuchal fold which is a sign for DS.

I was worried sick (still am) but it was the only marker found, her heart was seen in detail and all 4 chambers were functioning correctly, she said over 60% of downs babies have a heart defect.

We went back at 24 weeks and the measurement was well within normal range, we went back again at 28 weeks and they didn't even measure it, they said it didn't look thick and she is way above target on growth.

Obviously I still have the worry and won't know for certain until she is here, and being honest it's ruined my pregnancy, but now I'm near the end I know no matter what I will love her with all my heart and I can't change anything.

My MW said its in my favour as it was only one marker.

Easier said than done but try not to worry, chances are she will be fine x

 

[DaisyBee]

My baby had these at her us at 18 weeks. I was told that they were not associated with downs but with t18 which is Edwards syndrome. I was given the option to get a level 2 ultrasound done at mayo clinic which I jumped at because even though they weren't worried I was. It was her only marker.

I had the appt a week later at mayo. I saw a genetic counselor first who explained Edwards and that she was not worried that our baby has this if it is the only marker. She said if the level 2 ultrasound found more markers we could talk again afterwards. She said babies with these actually have smaller odds for downs than if they wouldn't have these cysts.

We had the level 2 ultrasound which showed the cysts again. The tech said she sees these quite often and that with technology today they are more easily seen than 20 years ago. Everything else on my baby looks normal.

I saw a high risk dr who watched the whole ultrasound in a different room while it was going on. He agreed that baby looks fine... No other markers. He talked about some of those markers. He did not recommend amnio as he said miscarriage risk was higher than the risk he was giving us for t18. They said that these almost always go away. They see these more in normal babies vs . "abnormal" ones. He said them going away doesn't take away the t18 link but even if they didn't go away they wouldn't affect baby. They are in a part of the brain that has fluid, not actual brain, and that fluid just gets trapped. When babies head grows it usually gets untrapped. He wanted me to go home and not worry about it anymore. Gave her odds of t18 as 1/500.

I had a growth ultrasound at 29 weeks and the cysts were gone. No sign of them at all. The drs (and us) are planning on a healthy baby.

Eta.. T21 is downs syndrome

 

[nb2010]

Thank you girls - I am trying not to worry but its hard. I have another ultrasound in 4 weeks so I'm praying real hard that my tests come back negative and also my the cyst is cleared in 4 weeks.

 

[capegirl7]

Hey hun my girl had them on her brain too at 20 weeks. I went for a level two ultrasound at one of the best hospitals in the country afterwards. They did not see any other markers for t18 or down syndrome. The doctor said she has never seen a baby born with this if the cysts are the only marker. She also said that they are very very common and that they are talking about not even considering it a marker anymore but part of normal brain development. They didn't even do another ultrasound for me because they said my risk was so low. Also my friend just had a baby on March 10 and he had them on his brain too. He was born perfectly beautiful and healthy. They do not harm the baby at all, even if they are still there after birth.

 

[nb2010]

Thank you so much -- I just want her to be healthy! I hope I have positive results as well

 

[alette]

Yep, my little girl had two at her 20 week ultrasound, but no other markers. The amnio came back just fine!

 

[snazz]

I know its hard but try not to worry about it...my son had one on his 18 week ultrasound and I was so worried...and they told me not to worry which I found odd, because if its really nothing to worry about then why do they even tell us about it?

Anyways, it was an isolated choroid cyst and my son is born now and he is fine

 

[nb2010]

Thank you!
I know its hard to hear "this is going on but don't worrry"...really? How am I not to worry!

 

[peteradamelle]

Hi, i just posted the below information today in a new thread and thought i'd post it here as well to reassure you!


I just wanted to reassure anyone who is told their baby has 1 or more than 1 choroid plexus cyst.

I was told last week that my baby has one of these on it's brain by the sonographer who performed my 20 week scan at the fetal medicine centre in london. She recommended i see professor nicolaides (the best in the world, i've been told, he's very famous in the sonography world) this week just to get reassurance from him. She told me there is a link to Trisomy 18 (Edward's syndrome) with choroid plexus cysts.

Well when I phoned my Ob the day after the scan, worried out of my mind, he said he was really angry that she'd even told me about the cyst because it will resolve itself in a few weeks, which is also what the sonographer told me, and that it has absolutely no relevance to Trisomy 18/Edward's at all, unless other things are seen on the scan. My Ob said 'they are no supposed to tell you about a cyst if no other markers for trisomy 18 are seen, what a stupid woman!' He then told me not to see the professor because it would be a complete waste of time. This reassured me that there was nothing to worry about. My Ob also said it makes no difference if you have 1 cyst or 10 cysts, they all disappear and are completely harmless.

However, I kept the appointment with the professor and saw him last night. I couldn't help myself. He screwed his face up when I told him why I was there, he wanted to know which of his staff had scanned me. He said "a cyst without any other markers is completely normal and will resolve on it's own". It does not increase your risk of Trisomy 18. He apologised for wasting my time, and confirmed the baby is 100% healthy and wrote on the report "very small and resolving choroid plexus cyst with no significance. the prognosis for this baby is excellent".

I just wanted to reassure everyone out there who is told their baby has a cyst, or two cysts, or even 10 cysts. If there are no other markers for trisomy 18, you have absolutely nothing to worry about.

My baby's cyst has already halved in size in 8 days, and will be gone in a week or two.

I read so much on the internet, and looking back, i wish i hadn't. I had a lot of sleepless nights wondering if my baby was ok.

 

[formerlymac]

I received a phone call from the nurse yesterday explaining that my baby boy had choroid plexus cysts on both his right & left ventricles of his brain. She then tried to tell me that it was "common" and not to worry. Telling a mother who has had 3 miscarriages, one of which was this baby's twin, about something so scary and then NOT to worry... Are you kidding me?! Why do they do that? I spent all of yesterday crying, while I looked up what it could even mean. She called back later trying to reassure me that everything would be okay. She said she talked to another doctor whose protocol is to not even tell the mother because it's such a common occurrence and never once has she seen an otherwise completely normal ultrasound, with this cysts, turn into anything. After reading your reassuring posts, I agree, that I should never have even been informed. Now I must go through the waiting game of a more detailed ultrasound and a followup one to wait and see these cysts go away. Thank you for the unneeded stress Doctor.

 

[alette]

I thought I'd add an update to my post, My little girl was born on March 28th, perfectly healthy and happy!

 

[DaisyBee]

Update from me as well... Jordan was born march 25th and is perfect!

 

[Mummy of Ange]

Congratulations girls xx

 

[capegirl7]

Very late update but thought I'd fill it in in case people looked this up...
Kendall Rose was born perfectly healthy as well!!!