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Revista Brasileira de Ginecologia e Obstetrícia. 1998;20(5):283-287
DOI 10.1590/S0100-72031998000500008
Turner syndrome and its complications, hydrops and cystic hygroma, can produce alterations in maternal serum biochemical markers used in screening for Down's syndrome and neural tube defects (NTD). The authors report the case of a 37-year-old pregnant woman, screened for Down's syndrome and NTD in the second trimester of pregnancy. The maternal serum alpha-fetoprotein (MSAFP) level was increased and the test was considered screen positive for NTD. A three-dimensional ultrasound investigation was performed, but no fetal or placental anomalies were found, indicating a case of unexplained increased msafp. In the third trimester severe oligohydramnios and disturbances in uteroplacental arterial circulation developed, requiring corticosteroid therapy and premature cesarean section at the 34th week of gestation. The female newborn was transferred to a neonatal ICU and tetralogy of Fallot and Turner syndrome were diagnosed. This case prompted the authors to review the literature on maternal serum biochemical markers in Turner syndrome and congenital heart defects and to propose a protocol for unexplained increased MSAFP.
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Revista Brasileira de Ginecologia e Obstetrícia. 1999;21(4):235-238
DOI 10.1590/S0100-72031999000400009
We report a case of nonmolar fetal triploidy detected by fetal blood sampling at 20 weeks of gestation, performed as an investigation of intrauterine growth retardation and severe oligohydramnios found by ultrasound scan. At 19 weeks of gestation very low levels of maternal free serum beta-subunit of human chorionic gonadotropin and unconjugated estriol, and normal levels of alpha-fetoprotein were found, which were interpreted as a high risk of fetal Edwards syndrome. Fetal death supervened the day after fetal blood sampling, and the pregnancy was terminated by vaginal delivery induced by misoprostol and oxytocin, under epidural anesthesia. Chromosome study of the fetal blood cells showed a 69,XXX karyotype. The severe intrauterine growth retardation and macrocephaly noted on pathological review plus the very low levels of hCG and unconjugated estriol suggest a fetal gynoid triploidy case, caused by the fertilization of a diploid egg by a haploid sperm.