Over 3999386 babies are born every year and around 4000 of them have cystic hygroma.

Maternal viral infections,

Maternal substance abuse, such as abuse of alcohol are some things that can boost the likelihood of cystic hygroma.

The majority of prenatally diagnosed cystic hygromas are associated with Turner syndrome,

a chromosome abnormality in which a female has only one X chromosome instead of two.

3. People affected