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[Prenatal diagnosis of full, non mosaic trisomy 22 in the third trimester]
D Bettelheim1, W Eppel, J Deutinger
1Universitätsklinik für Frauenheilkunde, Abteilung für Pränatale Diagnostik und Therapie. Dieter.Bettelheim@akh-wien.ac.at
A 31-year-old Caucasian women was referred to our department after IUGR was suspected by her gynaecologist at 29 weeks' amenorrhea in her second pregnancy. Multiple anomalies were detected by prenatal ultrasound in the 29th week of gestation. Chordocentesis was performed and revealed a Trisomy 22 in all fetal blood cells. The pregnancy was terminated. Post-mortem investigations excluded chromosomal mosaicism. Prenatal ultrasound findings and post-mortem features are presented.
A 31-year-old Caucasian women was referred to our department after IUGR was suspected by her gynaecologist at 29 weeks' amenorrhea in her second pregnancy. Multiple anomalies were detected by prenatal ultrasound in the 29th week of gestation. Chordocentesis was performed and revealed a Trisomy 22 in all fetal blood cells. The pregnancy was terminated. Post-mortem investigations excluded chromosomal mosaicism. Prenatal ultrasound findings and post-mortem features are presented.