title: Prenatal diagnosis of a fetus with distal 10q trisomy.
abstract: Distal 10q trisomy is a well-defined but rare syndrome. Most cases are diagnosed in infancy or in childhood and rarely include prenatal findings. We present a case of fetal distal 10q trisomy with abnormal prenatal sonographic findings. A 19-year-old primigravida was referred for genetic counselling at 18 gestational weeks because her husband had a familial history of congenital anomalies. Genetic amniocentesis was thus performed and showed fetal distal 10q trisomy (10q24.1-->qter), 46,XX,der(22)t(10;22)(q24.1;p11.2)pat, resulting from paternal t(10;22) reciprocal translocation. Level II ultrasonograms further demonstrated bilateral hydronephrosis, ventricular septal defect and facial dysmorphism ascertained by three-dimensional ultrasound. The pregnancy was terminated at 22 gestational weeks. Post-mortem autopsy confirmed the sonographic findings. We suggest that abnormal prenatal sonographic findings such as cardio-vascular, renal and facial malformations should alert cytogeneticists to search for subtle chromosomal abnormalities.
authors.affiliation: Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Mackay Memorial Hospital, Taipei, Taiwan, R.O.C.
authors.forename: C P
authors.initials: CP
authors.lastname: Chen
authors.forename: J C
authors.initials: JC
authors.lastname: Shih
authors.forename: C C
authors.initials: CC
authors.lastname: Lee
authors.forename: L F
authors.initials: LF
authors.lastname: Chen
authors.forename: W
authors.initials: W
authors.lastname: Wang
authors.forename: T Y
authors.initials: TY
authors.lastname: Wang
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D002879:Chromosomes, Human, Pair 10; D005260:Female; D005315:Fetal Diseases / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D006801:Humans; D007621:Karyotyping; D011247:Pregnancy; D011262:Pregnancy Trimester, Second; D014314:Trisomy; D016216:Ultrasonography, Prenatal