Short and long term chorion villi culture discordance. Presentation of a case and theme review

Authors

  • María Quiroga de Michelena Instituto de Medicina Genética. Lima, Perú
  • Erasmo Huertas Instituto Especializado Materno Perinatal. Lima, Perú; Facultad de Medicina Humana, Universidad Nacional Mayor de San Marcos. Lima, Perú
  • Denisse Paredes Instituto de Medicina Genética. Lima, Perú
  • Alicia Diaz Instituto de Medicina Genética. Lima, Perú

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.15381/anales.v69i1.1178

Keywords:

Chorionic villi sampling, prenatal diagnosis, sex chromosome aberrations, Down syndrome

Abstract

We present a prenatal diagnosis case with false negative result in long term villi culture discordant with short term villi culture showing trisomy 21. We discuss possible causes of discordance in this and similar cases and the best way to proceed to ensure correct diagnosis.

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Published

2008-03-17

Issue

Vol. 69 No. 1 (2008)

Section

Casos clínicos

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Copyright (c) 2008 María Quiroga de Michelena, Erasmo Huertas, Denisse Paredes, Alicia Diaz

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Quiroga de Michelena M, Huertas E, Paredes D, Diaz A. Short and long term chorion villi culture discordance. Presentation of a case and theme review. An Fac med [Internet]. 2008 Mar. 17 [cited 2024 Aug. 17];69(1):33-6. Available from: https://revistasinvestigacion.unmsm.edu.pe/index.php/anales/article/view/1178