Congenital disorders

Baby Hulk: Born With Enormous Arms And Chest, Tot Suffers A Rare Health Condition

Posted on by yun
26
Sep

Armani Milby was delivered by emergency cesarean section at 33 weeks

New Delhi: A nine-month-old baby born with an enormous chest and arms has been diagnosed with a severe form of a rare congenital disease, known as lymphangioma. Doctors say Armani Milby was delivered by emergency cesarean section at 33 weeks.
Armani’s mother Chelsey, a resident of Ohio, has nicknamed her ‘baby Hulk’ because of her condition, which causes non-cancerous, fluid-filled growths in the lymph vessels. Lymphangioma has left the baby with a swollen upper body, which makes her look like a bodybuilder.
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“When I saw her, I cried because I had never seen anything like that. I was just shocked. But I didn’t care what she looked like; I loved her anyway,” Chelsey told the Sun.

Chelsey said Armani weighed 5 kg – more than three times an average-sized baby at that point in gestation. Late in her pregnancy, due to Armani’s rapidly growing size, Chelsea suffered physically. “My body was shutting down. I suffered every day. I could never sleep. I was extremely sick. It was getting harder to live life and breathe because I was so uncomfortable as I had to keep getting fluid drained out of my stomach,” she said

Doctors diagnosed Armani’s lymphangioma following an ultrasound at the 17-week mark. They were mostly concerned about possible fluid around her heart and potential future breathing or vision problems, but the family held out hope for the unborn child.

Doctors say Armani’s condition is treatable with surgery. The baby is now scheduled for surgery later this year in which the doctors will extract additional lymphatic vessels to help shrink her body.

How does lymphangioma affect?

According to the Cleveland Clinic, lymphangioma is an uncommon noncancerous fluid-filled cyst caused by overgrown lymph vessels, which are responsible for moving lymphatic fluid and white blood cells through your tissues and bloodstream.
Experts say lymphangiomas usually affect babies between birth and 5 years and us usually common among children diagnosed with genetic disorders including Down syndrome, Noonan syndrome, trisomy, and turner syndrome.

According to doctors, lymphangiomas account for only 4 per cent of all vascular tumors and 25 per cent of all non-cancerous vascular tumors in children.

Normally, lymphangioma does not cause any pain or itching, neither is the condition dangerous or life-threatening.

What causes lymphangioma?

Experts say there is no known source of lymphangioma, however, it does happen due to a child’s lymphatic system not forming properly during fetal development.

Many times, fluid in the lymph vessel backs up creating a pool of lymph fluid to collect in front of the blockage, resulting in a liquid-filled cyst formation.

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