scholarly journals The Karyotype Analysis of Sex Chromosome Mosaicism in Prenatal Diagnosis and Their Clinical Outcomes

2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Shuang Hu ◽  
Ning Lu ◽  
Xiangdong Kong

Abstract Objective To analyze the karyotype of sex chromosome mosaicism in our prenatal diagnosis of 14034 pregnant women in their second trimester, and report the rate of sex chromosome mosaicism and their clinical outcomes.Methods A retrospective analysis of cytogenetic studies of 14043 cases of pregnant women from the Genetic Counseling Clinic from May 2017 to January 2020 by amniocentesis, were performed. Results A total of 46 cases of sex chromosome mosaicism were found, and the sex chromosome mosaicism rate was 0.328%, mainly including four types of mosaicism: mos45,X/46,XX(12); mos45,X/46,XY (11); mos47XXX(or XXY or XYY)/46XX(or XY)(11); and other types of complex abnormal karyotype mosaic(12). Among the 46 fetuses with sex chromosome mosaicism, the indications of prenatal diagnosis includes the numerical abnormality of sex chromosome by NIPT(23/46),the high risk of trisomy 21 by serum screening(12/46),abnomal ultrosound(4/46), the advanced maternal age(age ≥35)(4/46), and the histories of abnormal pregnancy(3/46). According to the results of cytogenetic analysis and genetic counseling, the pregnant women would decide to continue or terminate their pregnancy. Conclusion Prenatal cytogenetic diagnosis by amniocentesis is an accurate and convenient method and helps to avoid the delivery of fetuses with chromosomal diseases and reduce the risk of fetal malformation.

2021 ◽  
Vol 12 ◽  
Author(s):  
Sha Liu ◽  
Hongqian Liu ◽  
Jianlong Liu ◽  
Ting Bai ◽  
Xiaosha Jing ◽  
...  

BackgroundOur aim was to provide a theoretical basis for clinicians to conduct genetic counseling and choose further prenatal diagnosis methods for pregnant women who failed non-invasive prenatal screening (NIPS).MethodsA retrospective analysis was performed on pregnant women who had failed NIPS tests.ResultsAmong the 123,291 samples, 394 pregnant women did not obtain valid results due to test failures. A total of 378 pregnant women were available for follow-up, while 16 patients were lost to follow-up. Of these 378, 135 pregnant women chose further prenatal diagnosis through amniocentesis, and one case of dysplasia was recalled for postpartum chromosome testing. The incidence rate of congenital chromosomal abnormalities in those who failed the NIPS was 3.97% (15/378), which was higher than that of the chromosomal abnormalities in the common population (1.8%). Among the pregnant women who received prenatal diagnosis, the positive rates of chromosomal abnormalities in the chromosomal microarray analysis/copy number variation sequencing (CMA/CNV-seq) group and in the karyotyping group were 15.28 and 4.76%, respectively.ConclusionPrenatal diagnosis should be strongly recommended in posttest genetic counseling for pregnant women with NIPS failures. Further, high-resolution detection methods should be recommended for additional prenatal diagnoses.


2021 ◽  
Vol 63 (12) ◽  
pp. 15-18
Author(s):  
Thi Huyen Nguyen ◽  
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Thi Hai Hoang ◽  
Thi Trang Dao ◽  
Thi Ngoc Lan Hoang ◽  
...  

Chromosomal mosaicism in prenatal diagnosis is a complex problem that confuses the perception of true mosaicism or pseudomosaicismand often causes difficulties in genetic counseling. In this study, the authors reported 5 cases of chromosomal mosaicism in prenatal karyotype diagnosisand compared them withthe corresponding karyotype results of children after birth. Amniotic fluid and peripheral blood cells were prepared chromosomal metaphase by culture method and chromosomal analysis according to ISCN 2016 standards. Samples were collected and analysed at Hanoi Medical University Hospital from 2017 to 2020. There were 3 cases of abnormal prenatal chromosomal mosaicism, but the postnatal results were normal, two cases of abnormal prenatal chromosome mosaicism, but had abnormal peripheral blood postnatal chromosome results. These results, together with discussion, will provide more valuable information for the prognosis of chromosome mosaicism cases in prenatal diagnosis and give better genetic counseling for the patients.


1985 ◽  
Vol 5 (4) ◽  
pp. 295-298 ◽  
Author(s):  
Maureen M. McCorquodale ◽  
Theresa Cummins ◽  
Judith Furlong

Author(s):  
Xiaoting Liu ◽  
Wenling Zhang ◽  
Liwen Zhang ◽  
Ying Ma ◽  
Zhiying Gao ◽  
...  

Background and Objective: Chromosomal abnormalities are genetic disorders caused by abnormal chromosome number or structure and can endanger multiple organs, morphology, and function of the systems. This study aims to investigate the relationship between prenatal diagnosis indications and abnormal karyotypes to improve prenatal screening. Methods: The karyotype analyses were carried out on 4646 pregnant women with prenatal diagnosis indications referred to the first medical center of Chinese PLA General Hospital from 2012 to 2019. The incidence, distribution, and statistical features of chromosomal abnormality of different prenatal diagnosis indications were analyzed, and the relationships with the prenatal diagnosis indications were assessed. Results: A total of 351 fetal chromosomal abnormalities were detected in 4646 karyotypes analysis, with an incidence of 7.6%. The chromosomal abnormality incidence in the single indication group, two indications group, and three indications group was respectively 5.8%, 16.1%, and 70.0%, indicating a statistically significant difference (p<0.05). Advanced maternal age (AMA), high-risk maternal serum screening (MSS), and noninvasive prenatal DNA testing (NIPT) were the important indications for predicting abnormal karyotype. The number of prenatal diagnosis indications was highly correlated with fetal chromosomal abnormalities. The overall incidence of chromosomal abnormalities showed a tendency to increase with age. The incidence of Trisomy 21 was 3.2%, accounting for 42.5% of all chromosomal abnormalities, and the incidence tended to increase with maternal age. Conclusion: Prenatal karyotype analysis of pregnant women with prenatal diagnosis indications can effectively prevent the birth of defective children. AMA, MSS and NIPT were the important indications for predicting abnormal karyotype. In addition, the number of prenatal diagnosis indications is high correlated with chromosomal abnormalities.


2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Xinran Lu ◽  
Chaohong Wang ◽  
Yuxiu Sun ◽  
Junxiang Tang ◽  
Keting Tong ◽  
...  

Abstract Objective: To investigate the positive predictive value (PPV) and clinical features of non-invasive prenatal testing (NIPT) as a screening method in detecting sex chromosome aneuploidy (SCA) within a high-risk population at the Maternity and Child Health Hospital of Anhui Province.Methods: From June 2015 to June 2019, 45773 women with singleton pregnancies volunteered to take an NIPT. Cell-free fetal DNA was extracted for high-throughput sequencing and amniocentesis karyotype analysis was performed in pregnant women. Results: 314 high-risk pregnant women underwent NIPT and 143 chose invasive prenatal diagnosis. Karyotype analysis was performed in amniotic fluid cells, wherein 7 cases of 45,X (PPV: 12.50%), 16 cases of 47,XXX (PPV: 55.17%), 25 cases of 47,XXY (PPV: 71.43%), and 10 cases of 47,XYY(PPV: 76.92%) were confirmed. The PPV of NIPT for SCA was 40.56%. The rate of SCA detected in women aged 40 years and older was 0.39%, which was significantly different from that detected in women aged <30, 30–34, and 35–39 years (P < 0.05). The detection rates of 47,XXX and 47,XXY were significantly correlated with maternal age (P < 0.05), but those of 45,X and 47,XYY showed no significant correlation with maternal age.Conclusion: NIPT can be applied for the detection of SCA, but the detection accuracy is low. Genetic counseling and further prenatal diagnosis should be provided.


2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Han Kang ◽  
Lingxi Wang ◽  
Xingyu Li ◽  
Chonglan Gao ◽  
Yamei Xie ◽  
...  

Abstract Background: Although screening for fetal aneuploidy with the use of cell-free DNA obtained from maternal plasma is highly effective, biomarkers screening is in extensive use in economically underdeveloped areas and poor population. This study aims to explore the application value of chromosomal microarray analysis (CMA) and karyotype analysis in prenatal diagnosis for pregnant women with abnormal Down’s syndrome (DS) screening results.Methods: The study recruited 813 pregnant women with abnormal DS screening results from Chengdu Women’s and Children’s Central Hospital. They underwent amniocentesis to obtain fetal amniotic fluid for CMA and G-band karyotype analysis. An Affymetrix CytoScan 750 K Array chip was used for CMA analysis according to the manufacturer’s instructions.Results: In total, CMA identified 21/813 abnormal results, which was more efficient than karyotype analysis(10/813, P<0.001.) CMA is equivalent to traditional karyotype analysis for the prenatal diagnosis of aneuploidies. However, CMA identified 1.60% more copy number variants(CNVs) than karyotype analysis. These pathogenic/likely pathogenic(P/LP) CNVs ranged from 159Kb deletion to 3616Kb deletion. 53.8% of them were recurrent pathogenic CNVs associated with risk of neurodevelopmental disorders. CMA identified 7 variants of uncertain significance (VUS) results, including 6 microduplication and 1 microdeletion, with the size ranged from 840kb-1484kb. Karyotype analysis identified 2 mosaic sex chromosome aneuploidy, 2 balanced translocation and 1 mosaic balanced translocation, which could not be identified by CMA. Conclusions: Performing both CMA and karyotype analysis simultaneously is more beneficial to pregnant women with abnormal DS screening results.


2019 ◽  
Vol 1 ◽  
pp. 39-47 ◽  
Author(s):  
Yevheniya Sharhorodska ◽  
Nadiya Helner ◽  
Natalia Prokopchuk ◽  
Halyna Makukh

Aim of the work. Determine the effectiveness of prenatal diagnosis of congenital heart defects in the fetus and the informativeness of different markers used in the medical-genetic counseling of pregnant women.. Materials and methods. The analysis of the results of medical genetic counseling of pregnant women with fetal heart diseases was carried out. The effectiveness of using different methods of prenatal diagnosis in 67 pregnant women is estimated. The data of somatic, genealogical and reproductive anamnesis, biochemical markers of chromosomal pathology of the 1st and 2nd trimester of pregnancy, and the spectrum of the detected fetal heart disease were studied. Results of the research. It was found that 46 (68.7 %) women had somatic diseases: pathology of the cardiovascular system (11.9 %); endocrine system - at 8 (11,9 %); respiratory disease – 3 (4.5 %) and urinary system – 2 (3.0 %). 13 (19.4 %) out of 67 women had acute respiratory viral infections in the first trimester of pregnancy. In 4 (6 %) cases - bad habits. The first time pregnant were 31 (46.3 %) women, 21 (31.3 %) – the second time, 10 (14.9 %) in the third, and 5 (7.5 %) in the fourth or more times. In history, 58 (86.6 %) women did not have reproductive function disorders, 8 (11.9 %) had unauthorized miscarriages and frozen pregnancy. The burden of gynecological anamnesis was observed in 12 (17.9 %) women, and hereditary - in 6 (9.0 %) women. In the structure of congenital defects of the heart, false anatomical anomalies were found more often: hypoplasia of the left heart organs – 14 (20.9 %), tetralogy of Fallot - 9 (13.3 %). Biochemical markers of chromosomal pathology in the first trimester in 11 (16.4 %) women recorded indicators that are characteristic of the risk of chromosomal pathology, and in the second trimester – in 9 (13.4 %). Two pregnant women used a NIPT (non-invasive prenatal test) test that did not detect chromosomal abnormalities in the fetus. In 8 cases, invasive prenatal diagnosis of the fetus was recommended, which was carried out by three women, and five refused. Conclusions. The peculiarities of somatic (in 46–68.7 % of women), reproductive (in 8-11.9 % of women) gynecological anamnesis (in 12–17.9 % of women), which can be the risk factors of congenital fetal heart disease, are revealed. In the structure of congenital defects of the heart of the fetus more often revealed hypoplasia of the left heart organs – 14 (20.9 %), tetralogy of Fallot – 9 (13.3 %). In 11 (16.4 %) women recorded indicators of biochemical markers, characteristic for the risk of chromosomal pathology, in the first trimester, and – in 9 (13.4 %) pregnant women – in the second trimester. Comparative data on prenatal diagnosis of congenital heart defects in the fetus of chromosomal, monogenic and multifactorial etiology are given. On the basis of the obtained results an algorithm of medical-genetic counseling of this contingent of patients was offered.


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