Non-mosaic trisomy 20 presenting at 21 weeks' gestation as a thoraco-abdominal mass

Prenat Diagn. 2001 May;21(5):387-9. doi: 10.1002/pd.65.

Abstract

Non-mosaic trisomy 20 is rare in fetuses surviving beyond the first trimester. We report a case of a fetus with non-mosaic trisomy 20 in amniotic fluid cultures obtained during the prenatal evaluation of an unusual thoraco-abdominal mass which was found at autopsy to be pulmonary sequestration. Gross inspection and autopsy of the fetus revealed multiple anomalies.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Abdominal Neoplasms / congenital
  • Abdominal Neoplasms / diagnostic imaging
  • Abnormalities, Multiple*
  • Abortion, Eugenic
  • Adult
  • Amniocentesis
  • Amniotic Fluid / cytology
  • Bronchopulmonary Sequestration / complications
  • Bronchopulmonary Sequestration / diagnosis*
  • Cells, Cultured
  • Chromosomes, Human, Pair 20*
  • Diagnosis, Differential
  • Female
  • Humans
  • Pregnancy
  • Pregnancy Complications, Neoplastic / diagnostic imaging*
  • Pregnancy Trimester, Second
  • Thoracic Neoplasms / congenital
  • Thoracic Neoplasms / diagnostic imaging
  • Trisomy / diagnosis*
  • Ultrasonography, Prenatal