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A case of triploidy.

Dalmia R, Young P, Sunanda GV

University Hospital of North Staffordshire, Stoke on Trent, UK. dalmiasanjay@hotmail.com

OBJECTIVE: To report a case of triploidy in a women who conceived after intracytoplasmic sperm injection (ICSI). DESIGN: Case report. SETTING: Maternity unit of a university hospital. PATIENT(S): A 29-year-old woman who was pregnant following intracytoplasmic sperm injection (ICSI). INTERVENTION(S): Ultrasound and serum screening. MAIN OUTCOME MEASURE(S): Amniocentesis and postmortem findings. RESULT(S): Amniocentesis confirmed the karyotype to be 69XXY, and the pregnancy was terminated. CONCLUSION(S): This case refers to diandric triploidy resulting from fertilization by diploid sperm.

Published 11 February 2005 in Fertil Steril, 83(2): 462-3.
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