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Case Reports
. 2007;18(3):309-15.

Prenatal diagnosis of a de novo satellited chromosome 18 (18ps) associated with 18p deletion

P Prontera  1 , V Aiello, M Toschi, A Turci, R Gruppioni, B Buldrini, S Zago, A Bonfatti, E Donti, E Calzolari, A Sensi
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Case Reports

Prenatal diagnosis of a de novo satellited chromosome 18 (18ps) associated with 18p deletion

P Prontera et al. Genet Couns. 2007.

Abstract

De novo satellited non-acrocentric chromosomes are very rare findings in prenatal diagnosis. Here we report the first case of a de novo 18ps, associated with del(18p), detected at prenatal diagnosis. A 37 years old woman underwent Chorionic Villus Sampling (CVS) for advanced maternal age. Cytogenetic analysis on direct CVS preparation (CVSc) revealed a male karyotype with a nonfamilial satellited 18ps and a reciprocal translocation t(17;19)(P11.1;q11) of maternal origin. The mesenchimal CVS culture (CVSm) showed a mosaic of cell lines with various involvement of chromosome 18: 18ps [36/70]/ r(18) [25/70]/ del(18p) [3/70]/ -18 [6/70]. Amniotic fluid cells (AFC) confirmed the homogeneous karyotype found at CVSc. The molecular cytogenetic characterization, performed on AFC, allowed the following diagnosis: 46,XY, +15, dic(15;18)(p11.1;p11.2), t(17;19)(p11.1;q11)mat. ish dic(15;18)(tel 18p-, D15Z1+, wcp18-, wcp 18+, D18Z1+, tel 18q+). The foetal autopsy disclosed subtle facial dysmorphisms and corpus callosum hypoplasia. In case of prenatal detection of de novo terminal ectopic NORs an accurate cytogenetic and molecular analysis should be performed in order to rule out subtle unbalancements.

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