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M C Trautner1, N Aladangady, E Maalouf

  • 1Neonatal Unit, Homerton University Hospital, London, UK.

The Journal of Maternal-Fetal & Neonatal Medicine : the Official Journal of the European Association of Perinatal Medicine, the Federation of Asia and Oceania Perinatal Societies, the International Society of Perinatal Obstetricians
|December 14, 2004
PubMed

A 33-year-old woman presented at 31 weeks' gestation with polyhydramnios that required repeated amniodrainage. An antenatal scan at 32 weeks showed dilated fetal bowel loops, which were not confirmed on subsequent scans. The amniotic fluid karyotype confirmed 47,XXX. After birth, jejunal obstruction was confirmed. To our knowledge, this is the first report of an association of triple-X syndrome and jejunal atresia.

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