title: Trisomy-18 and antepartal fetal distress.
abstract: Two cases are presented wherein cesarean section was performed because of evidence of intrauterine growth retardation and antepartal fetal distress. Both infants had the trisomy-18 syndrome. Attention is drawn to the fact that the combination of growth retardation and fetal distress sometimes heralds the presence of severe anomalies in the fetus, and it is suggested that cesarean section should not be performed before one attempts to rule out such life-threatening abnormalities.
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D002585:Cesarean Section; D002902:Chromosomes, Human, 16-18; D005260:Female; D005316:Fetal Distress / Q000150:complications / Q000473:pathology*; D005317:Fetal Growth Retardation / Q000150:complications / Q000473:pathology; D006801:Humans; D007231:Infant, Newborn; D011247:Pregnancy; D014314:Trisomy