Prenatal sonography in trisomy 9.
Two cases of trisomy 9 are presented with the description of the prenatal sonographic findings prompting prenatal cytogenetics evaluation. The characteristic sonographic abnormalities included structural heart defects; limb, renal, and facial anomalies; and intrauterine growth retardation. The clinical course and cytogenetic and autopsy finding are described.
Benacerraf
B R
BR
Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts.
Pauker
S
S
Quade
B J
BJ
Bieber
F R
FR
D000328:Adult; D000649:Amniocentesis; D002899:Chromosomes, Human, Pair 9; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D005145:Face / Q000002:abnormalities; D005260:Female; D005317:Fetal Growth Retardation / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D006330:Heart Defects, Congenital; D006801:Humans; D007668:Kidney / Q000002:abnormalities; D017880:Limb Deformities, Congenital; D008168:Lung / Q000002:abnormalities; D009436:Neural Tube Defects / Q000175:diagnosis; D011247:Pregnancy; D014314:Trisomy; D016216:Ultrasonography, Prenatal