Polyhydramnios as a prenatal symptom of the digeorge/velo-cardio-facial syndrome

Prenat Diagn. 1998 Jan;18(1):68-72.

Abstract

Prenatal diagnosis of the DiGeorge/velo-cardio-facial syndrome has become possible since it was recognized that this syndrome is caused by a submicroscopic deletion in chromosome 22q11. In a sporadic patient presenting a conotruncal heart defect and polyhydramnios, the del 22q11 was made prenatally by fluorescence in situ hybridization (FISH) after amniocentesis. Seven additional patients with a del 22q11 were identified, who presented during pregnancy with polyhydramnios. In one of them, unilateral hydronephrosis was present. These findings further add to a growing list of clinical presentations of a del 22q11 and suggest that in patients with polyhydramnios and a conotruncal heart defect or uropathy, fetal karyotyping should be complemented by FISH for a del 22q11.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Amniocentesis
  • Chromosomes, Human, Pair 22*
  • Craniofacial Abnormalities / diagnosis*
  • Craniofacial Abnormalities / genetics
  • Fatal Outcome
  • Female
  • Gene Deletion*
  • Heart Defects, Congenital / diagnosis*
  • Heart Defects, Congenital / genetics
  • Humans
  • In Situ Hybridization, Fluorescence
  • Infant, Newborn
  • Karyotyping
  • Polyhydramnios / diagnostic imaging*
  • Pregnancy
  • Prenatal Diagnosis*
  • Syndrome
  • Tetralogy of Fallot / genetics
  • Truncus Arteriosus, Persistent / genetics
  • Ultrasonography, Prenatal