Case Report

First-trimester ultrasonography reveals a gestational sac featuring cystic spaces and no visible embryo: A case of trisomy 7

  • Aysel Derbent
  • Zerrin Yılmaz
  • Serap Simavlı
  • Özge Özer
  • Nilgün Öztürk Turhan

Received Date: 17.06.2009 Accepted Date: 03.09.2009 J Turk Ger Gynecol Assoc 2010;11(1):61-62 PMID: 24591897

Objective:

Ultrasound examination in early pregnancy has steadily gained importance and is now routine for most women in the first trimester. The sonographic features of early trisomy 7 pregnancies are not well characterized.

Case:

We present a case of trisomy 7 in which early pregnancy ultrasound revealed a gestational sac featuring cystic spaces and no visible embryo.

Conclution:

Based on comparison with a previously reported case of trisomy 7 featuring a multicystic anembryonic gestational sac we suggest that this ultrasonographic finding may be a sign of trisomy 7.

Keywords: Trisomy 7, Ultrasonography, Early pregnancy failure