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Management of prenatally detected trisomy 8 mosaicism.
MedLine Citation:
PMID:  11746167     Owner:  NLM     Status:  MEDLINE    
Abstract/OtherAbstract:
We report on ten pregnancies with trisomy 8 mosaicism. Nine cases were prenatally detected in chorionic villi (n=6), amniotic fluid (AF) cells (n=2) or fetal blood (FB) lymphocytes (n=1). Follow-up laboratory investigations showed confined placental mosaicism (CPM) or pseudomosaicism in eight cases. In one case with ultrasound abnormalities, trisomy 8 mosaicism was detected in FB cells although cultured AF cells showed normal cells only. Another case of mosaic trisomy 8 was prenatally missed; cytogenetic analysis of short-term cultured villi revealed a normal male karyotype, while postnatally, trisomy 8 mosaicism was detected in peripheral blood lymphocytes and skin fibroblasts of the affected child. These findings indicate the difficulties in the prenatal diagnosis of trisomy 8 mosaicism. When found in chorionic villi, it mostly represented CPM, while in a case of true fetal trisomy 8 mosaicism, the cytotrophoblast cells showed a normal karyotype. So, the cytotrophoblast compartment of chorionic villi is a poor indicator of the presence or absence of fetal trisomy 8 mosaicism. Follow-up investigations including amniocentesis and especially fetal blood sampling are required to come to a definite prenatal diagnosis of trisomy 8 mosaicism.
Authors:
M M van Haelst; D Van Opstal; D Lindhout; F J Los
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Publication Detail:
Type:  Journal Article    
Journal Detail:
Title:  Prenatal diagnosis     Volume:  21     ISSN:  0197-3851     ISO Abbreviation:  Prenat. Diagn.     Publication Date:  2001 Dec 
Date Detail:
Created Date:  2001-12-17     Completed Date:  2002-03-01     Revised Date:  2004-11-17    
Medline Journal Info:
Nlm Unique ID:  8106540     Medline TA:  Prenat Diagn     Country:  England    
Other Details:
Languages:  eng     Pagination:  1075-8     Citation Subset:  IM    
Copyright Information:
Copyright 2001 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.
Affiliation:
Department of Clinical Genetics, Erasmus University Rotterdam, Rotterdam, The Netherlands. vanhaelst@kgen.azr.nl
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MeSH Terms
Descriptor/Qualifier:
Amniocentesis
Amniotic Fluid / cytology
Cells, Cultured
Chorionic Villi Sampling
Chromosomes, Human, Pair 8*
Female
Fetal Blood / cytology
Humans
Karyotyping
Lymphocytes / ultrastructure
Mosaicism*
Pregnancy
Prenatal Diagnosis*
Retrospective Studies
Trisomy*

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