Second trimester selective termination in a dizygotic twin pregnancy with discordancy for Down's syndrome: A case report.
- Author:
Hye Sun JUN
;
Suk Kyung KIM
;
Joo Yun CHO
;
Sook Hwan LEE
;
Hye Kyung LEE
;
Chung Woong KAY
- Publication Type:Case Report
- Keywords:
Second trimester selective termination;
Twin pregnancy
- MeSH:
Amniocentesis;
Cesarean Section;
Down Syndrome*;
Female;
Humans;
Infant;
Male;
Potassium Chloride;
Pregnancy;
Pregnancy Trimester, Second*;
Pregnancy*;
Pregnancy, Twin;
Twins, Dizygotic*
- From:Korean Journal of Obstetrics and Gynecology
2000;43(2):302-304
- CountryRepublic of Korea
- Language:Korean
-
Abstract:
A 33-year-old-woman with twin pregnancy underwent genetic amniocentesis in our hospital at 16 weeks of gestation. Fetal chromosomal analysis showed 46,XY,inv(9) and 47,XX,+21. The affected twin was terminated by ultrasonographically guided intracardiac injection of 3 ml potassium chloride solution at 19 weeks of gestation. A healthy 2570 g male infant was born by cesarean section with Apgar scores of 8 and 9 at one and five minutes, respectively.
