Clinical value of a pathological examination in a case of first trimester trisomy 18 |
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| Authors: | G Moscoso S Rosevear C Nandra K H Nicolaides |
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| Affiliation: | Department of Morbid Anatomy, King's College Hospital, London, UK. |
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| Abstract: | An unexpected case of trisomy 18 was diagnosed after a chorionic villous biopsy at 9 weeks gestation, obtained to exclude a probable case of sickle cell disease. Difficulties in confirming the original diagnosis after fetal tissue culture are examined. The value of pathological examination of the termination specimen is emphasized. |
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