A genetic screen can potentially diagnose more than 1,200 genetic disorders and chromosomal abnormalities. If you were a medical geneticist, how would you pick the best test for your patient ...
Turner's syndrome results in gonadal dysgenesis, short stature, and cardiac and renal defects. Spontaneously aborted fetuses often have large nuchal cystic hygroma and diffuse subcutaneous edema (Fig.
Cystic hygromas are large lymphangiomas that are most often found in the posterior triangle of the neck and the axilla in children. They are most frequently found before age 2 and may be massive.