Baby born with cysts covering half of his face

A mum whose baby was born with hundreds of cysts covering the lower half of his face said she dreams of the day she will hear her son cry for the first time.

Victoria Silvestri, 27, discovered her son Gavin had developed hundreds of cysts in his cheeks, chin, lips and neck during a scan when she was 18 weeks pregnant.

The abnormal growth, called cystic hygroma, also meant cysts had formed around his trachea in the womb, meaning that his airways would be compromised after birth.