Abstract

BACKGROUND: This case report describes the use of analysis of cell-free DNA in the blood of a patient with a pregnancy with one live fetus and a choriocarcinoma diagnosed at 22 weeks of gestation.

RESULTS: The result of the analysis of 16 microsatellite loci on 14 chromosomes in the cell-free DNA in plasma was consistent with the result of the analysis of a tumor biopsy indicating biparental diploid origin of the genome. The DNA markers were discordant with the markers of the placenta indicating two separate conceptions.

CONCLUSION: Our results indicate that analysis of cell-free DNA in plasma allows determination of the origin of a choriocarcinoma without tissue biopsy, even in the presence of a co-existent pregnancy.

OriginalsprogEngelsk
Artikelnummere4721
TidsskriftMedicine (Baltimore)
Vol/bind95
Nummer37
Sider (fra-til)e4721
ISSN0025-7974
DOI
StatusUdgivet - sep. 2016

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