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Cystic hygromata in trisomy 18 and 21
Author(s) -
Pearce J. Malcolm,
Griffin David,
Campbell Stuart
Publication year - 1984
Publication title -
prenatal diagnosis
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.956
H-Index - 97
eISSN - 1097-0223
pISSN - 0197-3851
DOI - 10.1002/pd.1970040508
Subject(s) - trisomy , hydrops fetalis , prenatal diagnosis , medicine , down syndrome , aneuploidy , obstetrics , fetus , pregnancy , biology , genetics , chromosome , psychiatry , gene
Prenatal diagnosis of cystic hygromata by means of ultrasound examination is possible and highly accurate. Although this is usually associated with Turner's syndrome especially if there is co‐existent hydrops fetalis we report three cases in which cystic hygromata were associated with trisomies; two cases of trisomy 21 and one of trisomy 18.