Fetal calcifications are associated with chromosomal abnormalities.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

The biological importance of calcifications occasionally noted in fetal tissues (mainly liver) at autopsy or ultrasound is largely unexplored. Previous reports hint at an association to infection, circulatory compromise, malformations or chromosomal abnormalities. To identify factors associated with calcifications, we have performed a case-control study on the largest cohort of fetuses with calcifications described thus far.

Methods

One-hundred and fifty-one fetuses with calcifications and 302 matched controls were selected from the archives of the Department of Pathology, Karolinska University Hospital. Chromosome analysis by karyotyping or quantitative fluorescence-polymerase chain reaction was performed. Autopsy and placenta reports were scrutinized for presence

SUBMITTER: Sahlin E 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC4414523 | biostudies-literature | 2015

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature