A Fetus with 17p13.3 Microdeletion Syndrome Presenting with Congenital
Heart Defect and Thymic Hypoplasia
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.