Prenatal diagnosis of 5p deletion syndrome: A case series report.
- Author:
You Jung HAN
1
;
Dong Wook KWAK
Author Information
- Publication Type:Case Report
- Keywords: 5p deletion syndrome; Cri-du-Chat syndrome; 5p minus syndrome; Chromosome 5
- MeSH: Aneuploidy; Arm; Chromosome Aberrations; Chromosomes, Human, Pair 5; Cri-du-Chat Syndrome*; Karyotyping; Prenatal Diagnosis*; Ultrasonography; Ultrasonography, Prenatal
- From:Journal of Genetic Medicine 2017;14(1):34-37
- CountryRepublic of Korea
- Language:English
- Abstract: 5p deletion syndrome, also known as Cri-du-Chat syndrome, is a chromosomal abnormality caused by a deletion in the short arm of chromosome 5. Clinical features of 5p deletion syndrome are difficult to identify prenatally by ultrasound examination, thus most cases of 5p deletion syndrome have been diagnosed postnatally. Here, we report eight cases of 5p deletion syndrome diagnosed prenatally, but were unable to find common prenatal ultrasound findings among these cases. However, we found that several cases of 5p deletion syndrome were confirmed prenatally when karyotyping was performed on the basis of abnormal findings in a prenatal ultrasound scan. Hence, it is necessary to carefully perform prenatal ultrasonography for detection of rarer chromosomal abnormalities as well as common aneuploidy.
