The patient's neck pain and headaches are also completely resolved. Integral to her condition is the physical exam finding of significant left C2 lamina pedical point tenderness and associated paravertebral muscle spasms resulting in loss of vertebral motoricity of the cervical vertebral units. The care and treatment was approached with the hypothesis that reduction of the subluxation complex of the upper cervical region may result in improved sinus function and or lymphatic drainage. The successful resolution of the patient's cystic hygroma while under chiropractic care indicates the need for further study of the role of chiropractic care in the case of non-musculoskeletal conditions. Cystic hygroma is characterized in current literature as a faulty development of the lymphatic system during the development stages of the fetus.
Presentation includes a sac-like bag of fluid.
The sac can expand under the skin and is filled with lymph fluid and lymph cells. The most common complication is upper air- way obstruction and dysphasia. 9 Alternative treatments of CH in the past have included pressure garments, pump garments and massage with vary- ing degrees of success. Steroids have been shown to cause regression in selected cases. Sclerosis agents have been used with conflict due to major vascular structures and the brachial plexus.