Triploidy: Partial Mole

Fernando Heredia


Departamento de Obstetricia y Ginecología, Facultad de Medicina, Universidad de Concepción.Servicio de Obstetricia y Ginecología, Hospital Guillermo Grant Benavente, Concepción, Chile.

Case report

This is a video clip of the first ultrasound examination of a 42-year-old G3P2 at 16 weeks.
A large cystic hygroma is seen. Also note the placenta's size and appearance with multiple vesicles.

A video clip at 24-week examination shows again the placental appearance, alobar holoprosencephaly and a hydronephrotic horseshoe kidney.
Fetal Biometry showed 5-week discordance with gestational age calculated by LMP.

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The following images were obtained in that same examination:

Oligohydramnios

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Microphthalmia.

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Tricuspid valve severe regurgitation. There is also a video-clip which shows this anomaly. Another video-clip shows a very abnormal 4 chamber view with a severe dilation of the right atrium.

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Mild ascites.

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Bilateral hydronephrosis.

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An amniocentesis was performed and fetal karyotype was 69, XXY

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