Upper limb hemimelia in a twin pregnancy which was obtained by an ICSI and PGD in a woman with mosaic Turner's syndrome and the prognosis

Organogenesis. 2017 Oct 2;13(4):179-182. doi: 10.1080/15476278.2017.1358842. Epub 2017 Sep 21.

Abstract

Turner's syndrome (TS) is depicted as a total or partial absence of X chromosome, and occurs in approximately 1/2200 of live born females. Generally, mosaic patients are diagnosed following karyotype analysis due to recurrent pregnancy loss, repeated in vitro fertilization (IVF) failure, and a history of malformed babies. The purpose of this case report is to show that even a selection of normal karyotype embryos can result in abnormalities for those with mosaic TS. A 32-year old patient who underwent IVF after ICSI-PGD, and was diagnosed with 45X/46XX karyotype. At the 12-week scan, one of the fetuses had an upper limb hemimelia in one arm, and feticide was applied to that fetus. The patient delivered a healthy, 2980 g female baby at the thirty-eighth week. In mosaic TS pregnancies (even those obtained by ICSI-PGD), fetal anomaly risk is high. Therefore, careful prenatal scanning is needed for these pregnancies.

Keywords: Fetal anomaly; Hemimelia; ICSI; PGD; mosaic Turner's syndrome.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Adult
  • Chromosomes, Human, X / genetics
  • Ectromelia / diagnosis
  • Female
  • Humans
  • Infant, Newborn
  • Limb Deformities, Congenital / diagnosis
  • Pregnancy
  • Pregnancy Outcome
  • Pregnancy, Twin
  • Preimplantation Diagnosis*
  • Prognosis
  • Sperm Injections, Intracytoplasmic*
  • Turner Syndrome / diagnosis*
  • Turner Syndrome / genetics
  • Upper Extremity