title: Does the color of amniotic fluid still matter?
abstract: Second trimester amniotic fluid (AF) is generally clear or very light yellow. We examined the color of 2,141 AF samples. Fifty-six specimens were brown, 35 were green. There were 71 samples with abnormal karyotype (3.46%). In the group with brown AF, there were 7 abnormal karyotypes out of 56 (12.5%). There was 1 case of aneuploidy out of the 35 green samples (2.86%). We conclude that green AF in the second trimester, absent any other findings, carries no special significance, but brown AF carries a fourfold increased incidence of chromosomal aneuploidy in patients undergoing genetic amniocentesis.
authors: Department of Obstetrics/Gynecology, Hutzel Hospital/Wayne State University, Detroit, Mich.
authors: N B
authors: NB
authors: Isada
authors: F C
authors: FC
authors: Koppitch
authors: M P
authors: MP
authors: Johnson
authors: M I
authors: MI
authors: Evans
mesh_terms: D000653:Amniotic Fluid; D000782:Aneuploidy; D002869:Chromosome Aberrations; D003116:Color; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007621:Karyotyping; D011247:Pregnancy; D011296:Prenatal Diagnosis