Trisomy 18, 3D rendering

Natasha Larrazábal, MD, Yelice Castro MD


Sonography Unit Military Hospital "Carlos Arvelo". Caracas-Venezuela.

This 35-year-old patient was first scanned at 12 weeks and we suspected some anomalies since we could no insonate the ductus venosus.

Patient refused the amniocentesis and had a triple screening at 15 weeks. The sonography at 17 weeks showed:

Choroid plexus cysts:

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Severe micrognathia:

T18 The fetus 5

Congenital diaphragmatic hernia:

T18 The fetus 6
T18 The fetus 7

Agenesis of the ductus venosus. We suspected  type 5 for the presence of  a large inferior vena cava:

T18 The fetus 8
T 18 The fetus 9

And persistent pulsatility of waveform umbilical vein:

T18 The fetus 10
 

Single umbilical artery:

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Polihydramnios was observed:

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We suspected for findings associated trisomy 18 and pregnancy was interrupted at 19 weeks, the final karyotype report:

T18 The fetus 14

 


 

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