Table 8 Clinical information of 5 cases missed by NIPT.

From: Limited ability of increased sequencing depth in detecting cases missed by noninvasive prenatal testing: a comparative analysis of 3 clinical cases

Cases

Case 1

Case 2

Case 3

Case 4

Case 5

Fetus 1

Fetus 2

Age (years)

24

32

27

30

21

Clinical diagnosis

Not specified

Not specified

18-trisomal critical risk

Twin pregnancy, IVF-ET

18-trisomal critical risk

Gestational age (weeks)

15+6

18+2

18+4

22+

12+3

Serological screening

Low risk

18-trisomal critical risk

Low risk

18-trisomal critical risk

Weight (kg)

55

70

57

50.5

70

NT value (mm)

1.1

2.1

1.6

NA

NA

1.4

Ultrasound examination results

Suspicious abnormal morphology of fetal external genitalia

NT 2.1

Normal

Normal

Both feet pronate

Normal

Gestational age at birth (weeks)

37+6

32+1

39+0

37+6

37+6

38+3

Birth weight (g)

2600

1950

3260

2650

2050

2140

Pregnancy outcome

47, XYY, dup(1) (q21.1q21.2) (2.72Mb)

45, X [93]/46, XY [7]

del (9) (p24.3p22.3) (15.18Mb)

Normal

47, XXY

dup (1) (q41q44) (29.16Mb), del (13) (q33.3q34) (5.70Mb)

Clinical phenotype

No clinical symptoms

Respiratory distress

16-month-old still can’t walk independently, can’t speak, developmental delay

Normal

Hypospadias

Developmental retardation, hydrocephalus and congenital heart disease

  1. NA not available, IVF-ET in vitro fertilization and embryo transfer, NT nuchal translucency thickness.