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A Fetus with 17p13.3 Microdeletion Syndrome Presenting with Congenital Heart Defect and Thymic Hypoplasia
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  • Xiaoxue Zhou,
  • Hairui Sun,
  • Yan Xu,
  • Yihua He
Xiaoxue Zhou
Capital Medical University Affiliated Anzhen Hospital

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Hairui Sun
Capital Medical University Affiliated Anzhen Hospital
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Yan Xu
Rizhao People's Hospital
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Yihua He
Capital Medical University Affiliated Anzhen Hospital
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Abstract

Conotruncal defects (CTD) including tetralogy of Fallot (TOF), double outlet right ventricle (DORV), transposition of great arteries (TGA), and persistent truncus arteriosus (PTA). Conventionally, CTD and thymic hypoplasia occur simultaneously are usually suggestive findings of 22q11.2 deletion syndrome. However, here we describe a fetus with TOF, absence of ductus arteriosus, and thymic hypoplasia diagnosed by echocardiography whose copy number variation sequencing (CNV-Seq) results showed that the fetus had a 17p13.3 microdeletion instead of 22q11.2 deletion syndrome.