Selective Feticide of The Aneuploid Fetus in a Twin Pregnancy: A Case Reports
- Resource Type
- article
- Authors
- Sinan Beksaç; Tülay Özlü; Sevim Balcı; Mehmet Alikaşifoğlu; Nur Çakar
- Source
- Gynecology Obstetrics & Reproductive Medicine, Vol 12, Iss 1 (2006)
- Subject
- Selective feticide, Twin pregnancy, Down syndrome, Screening
Gynecology and obstetrics
RG1-991
- Language
- English
- ISSN
- 1300-4751
An obstetric ultrasound of a 38 years old woman with a dichorionic diamniotic twin pregnancy showed an increased nuchal translucency and absent nasal bone in one of the fetuses suggesting us an increased risk f or Down Sy ndrome (DS). This fetus was detected to hav e trisomy 21 (47, XX+21) by investigation of the amniocentesis material and was selectively undergone feticide process at 20 weeks of gestation. The other f etus (46, XX) was successf ully delivered at 36 weeks without any complications.