How is a cystic hygroma treated?

How is a cystic hygroma treated?

Treatment is unique for each child diagnosed with a cystic hygroma. Your provider’s goal to treat the cyst is to remove it, if possible. Treatment options could include:

• Surgery to remove the cyst.
• Draining fluid from the cyst (percutaneous drainage).
• Rerouting the cyst’s fluid through the body (sclerotherapy).
• Removing the cyst with a laser (laser therapy).
• Shrink the size of the cyst (radiofrequency ablation).

In some cases, no treatment is necessary because the cyst could go away on its own. In other cases, the cyst could return after treatment if there is damage to the lymphatic system. The success of treatment varies and is most often positive if your surgeon can remove all of the excess and abnormal tissue from the cyst.