Intracytoplasmic sperm injection pregnancy with trisomy 20p and monosomy 22q in a newborn resulting from a balanced paternal translocation

Biol Neonate. 1999;75(6):398-401. doi: 10.1159/000014121.

Abstract

In infertile men who carry a balanced reciprocal translocation, intracytoplasmic sperm injection (ICSI) may induce a pregnancy with an abnormal karyotype. This report describes a previously unreported paternal reciprocal translocation leading to a chromosomally unbalanced ICSI pregnancy. The triplet pregnancy resulted in 1 normal girl, 1 physically normal boy with the same balanced paternal translocation, and a severely malformed boy with trisomy 20p and monosomy 22q who died in the neonatal period.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Chromosomes, Human, Pair 20 / genetics*
  • Chromosomes, Human, Pair 22 / genetics*
  • Female
  • Fertilization in Vitro*
  • Humans
  • Infant, Newborn
  • Infertility, Male / genetics*
  • Male
  • Monosomy / genetics*
  • Pregnancy
  • Pregnancy Outcome
  • Translocation, Genetic / genetics*
  • Triplets
  • Trisomy / genetics*