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Choroid Plexus Cyst

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Hi Everyone, today at my 20 week check up the doctor went over my integrated test and A/S with me. He said the integrated test came back normal and the A/S looked good. He then mentioned that they wanted me to go for a Level II Ultrasound becuase they found CPCs (Choroid Plexus Cysts) on the baby's brain. As he explained it to me, he said they were very small and that i should not be overly concerned about it. He said it is fairly common and happens in 5% of pregnancies. Becuase the integrated test (NT scan) came back in the normal range that i should not be worried and the CPCs were not a marker of anything. He said that the tech may even say there is nothing there when i go back, because they almost always clear up before delivery.

Has anyone else recieved this news after their A/S? I was not too worried about it until I told my husband when i got home and the actual words came out of my mouth and i saw his reaction (tears in his eyes). I am staying positive and don't think anything is wrong, but the mind does wander and Dr Google leads right to trisomy 18 on this one, so it can get scary.

The scan is Wednesday morning, so fingers crossed they are gone by then anyways.

 

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Re: Choroid Plexus Cyst

  • kshare18kshare18 member
    Hey! There was a string a while back about this very thing. https://forums.thebump.com/discussion/12298974/choroid-plexus-cyst. It sounds like most people had pretty good turn outs that have dealt with it. Good luck Wednesday and hopefully this helps!
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    Thank you! I must have missed it.... i will check it out. Thanks again!

     

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  • Jessicalig Jessicalig member
    Hi yes this just happened to me last week i did a post about it. Of course like you i was very worried but after reading alot online and talking to my doctor. i am not too worried. Like you said most of the time they clear up and if they dont they have no effect on the baby. The rest of my scan looked great and didnt have any other indications of Trisomy 18. Plus all my other blood work came back great. We did more blood work and i have a follow up ultra sound at the end of the month. They said two weeks for blood work hopefully i will hear sooner. Hope all goes well for you. Try and not stress to much. Seems to be pretty common. Try to look for my post alot of good advise on there.
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  • karacc18karacc18 member

    Thank you @jessicalig and @choicesmom. I did take a look at the other thread that you posted and now that a day has passed I feel much more at ease about it. We will go tomorrow morning for the level II and i will be happy to see the little one again.

    The more I read about it, including @trawas article she posted, I feel pretty confident that since we didn't have any other markers and the NT scan and integrated test came back in the normal range that everything will be just fine with Baby.

    I'm taking it as a learning experience that as a parent there will always be something to worry about!

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  • iuploriiuplori member
    I went through the exact same thing with my second pregnancy, so i know how you might feel worried. Stay away from the google! It took a few months, but it did fade away. Like PP said, try to just focus on the extra peeks you get to have now.
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  • KelliwilsocaKelliwilsoca member

    Hello all. I posted on the initial board... I had a CPS and an EIF in my level 2 us. and wound up having to get extra blood work done. I had already had a NEGATIVE free cell earlier in the pregnancy.

    Today we got the restults back of our 2nd free cell (diff lab) and tetra or quad test. And it was stressful!!

    The genetic test came back NEGATIVE for any genetic defects. I felt good about this because trisomy 18, the disease we were worried about, is a GENETIC defect.

    However, the quad came back 'positive' for the trisomy 18. This test gives you your 'odds' of having the disorder. My odd was 1 in 86 babies. Basically it means with my situation and lab numbers there is a 1 in 86 percent chance the baby would have trisomy18. sounds good right? well the normal is 1:5000. Also, given that I have 2 soft markers that would increase it to a higher risk than 1:86. grrr

    After much debate with the nurse and myself, I asked to talk to the Doctor. I just could not understand how two different DNA tests showing that he had a perfect 18th chromosome could outweigh the other blood screening. After all there is only a 0.04% chance of getting a false negative on the DNA test once and I had TWO negatives. However, this was not my area of specialty and I don't know much about which test outweighs the other or if one dose or not.

    In the end I was on the right path. The Dr literally said "there is little to no chance your son has this disease." Given that we have 2 negative DNA tests he feels very confident that the baby is clear for this disorder. The other test is not as meaningful per se in this situation with this specific disorder. Of course there is ALWAYs a chance... but we do not have a high risk for it. Only an amnio can rule it out completely, but he even said that given our DNA results he did not feel the risk of a miscarriage (only 1 out of every 300-500 performed) was not worth it.

    I am keeping all of you still waiting for answers in my thoughts and prayers... hopefully yours will be clearer than mine!

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