A Y Basgul, Z N Kavak, H Isci, N Kutay, B Durukan
INTRODUCTION: Triploidy in the second trimester is a sporadic, rare lethal chromosomal abnormality characterized by an extra haploid chromosome set (3n = 69). Doppler blood flow study in fetal triploidy syndrome is rarely reported in the literature. CASE PRESENTATION: A 19-year-old woman at 18 weeks of gestation was referred to our fetal medicine unit. Examination revealed a digynic triploid fetus presenting with asymmetric intrauterine growth restriction, oligohydramnios, relative macrocephaly together with a small thin trunk, low-set ears, micrognathia, bilateral talipes, bilateral syndactyly on the third, fourth and fifth fingers and toes, a large ventricular septal defect, bradycardia, bilateral hyperechogenic kidneys and small placenta...
2011: Clinical and Experimental Obstetrics & Gynecology