Pregnancy in a 50-year-old.
A 50-year-old women was admitted on suspicion of abdominal tumor. Clinical examination and ultrasonography revealed a living fetus of 24.2 weeks' gestational age. Amniocentesis revealed trisomy 18 (Edwards' syndrome). At 34 weeks the fetus died spontaneously, and by cesarean section a stillborn boy of 770 g was delivered. The risk of pregnancy in women after the age of 45 is emphasized.
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Department of Gynecology and Obstetrics, Central Hospital, Hillerød, Denmark.
Ovlisen
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D000015:Abnormalities, Multiple / Q000175:diagnosis*; D002887:Chromosomes, Human, Pair 18; D005260:Female; D005313:Fetal Death / Q000175:diagnosis; D006801:Humans; D008423:Maternal Age; D008875:Middle Aged; D011247:Pregnancy; D018566:Pregnancy, High-Risk; D013577:Syndrome; D014314:Trisomy