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The importance of chorionic villus sampling after first trimester diagnosis of cystic hygroma |
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| Authors: | A. Reuss L. Pijpers P. T. F. M. Schampers J. W. Wladimiroff E. S. Sachs |
| Affiliation: | 1. Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, Erasmus University. Rotterdam, The Netherlands;2. Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, Eudokia Hospital, Rotterdam. The Netherlands;3. Department of Clinical Genetics, Erasmus University, Rotterdam, The Netherlands |
| Abstract: | The prenatal diagnosis of The Turner Syndrome is described at a menstrual age of 12 weeks. Detection of cystic hygroma was followed by vaginal chorionic villous sampling (CVS) which revealed a 45,X karyotype. Early documentation of fetal karyotype in the presence of a cystic hygroma is essential for accurate diagnosis and genetic counselling. |
| Keywords: | Cystic hygroma Chorionic villus sampling Diagnostic ultrasound Turner syndrome |