Fetal karyotype from cystic hygroma fluid.
In cystic hygroma (CH) fetuses, hydrops fetalis and anamnios make it difficult or impossible to obtain amniotic fluid or cord blood for cytogenetic analysis. We report six cases of CH in which cytogenetic analysis was simply and successfully performed using nuchal fluid cells. The karyotypes were 47,XY, + 18,46,XY,46,XX, and 45,X (n = 3).
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Département de Gynécologie-Obstétrique, Hôpital Antoine Béclère, Clamart, France.
Borghi
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Pons
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Lelorc'h
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D003581:Cytodiagnosis / Q000379:methods; D006258:Head and Neck Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000473:pathology; D006801:Humans; D007621:Karyotyping / Q000379:methods*; D008202:Lymphangioma / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000473:pathology; D011296:Prenatal Diagnosis / Q000379:methods*; D011677:Punctures