Prenatal diagnosis of 13q-syndrome in a fetus with Dandy-Walker malformation

Abstract

BACKGROUND: Partial deletion of the long arm of the chromosome 13 is a rare chromosomal aberration and may present with microcephaly, colobomata, microphthalmia, distal limb and digital anomalies, cardiac defects, brain and urogenital malformations, anal atresia and growth restriction.