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. 2021 Oct 2;13(10):e18446. doi: 10.7759/cureus.18446

Table 3. Incidence of chromosomal defects in fetuses with increased nuchal translucency thickness.

Chromosomal aberrations Case number Proportion (%)
1. Autosomal aneuploidy 399 71.3
Triploidy 1 0.2
Trisomy 21 302 53.9
Trisomy 18 68 12.1
Trisomy 13 19 3.4
Mosaicism 2 0.4
Other chromosomes 7 1.3
2. Sex aneuploidies 35 6.2
45, X 13 2.3
47, XXY 3 0.5
47, XXX 7 1.3
47, XYY 4 0.7
Mosaicism 8 1.4
3. Structural rearrangements 125 22.5
Reciprocal translocation 9 1.6
Robertsonian translocation 15 2.7
Der translocation 5 0.9
Inversion 16 2.9
Deletion 5 0.9
Duplication 0 0.0
Insertion 4 0.7
Marker chromosomes 2 0.4
Polymorphism 58 10.4
Mosaicism 11 2.0
Total 560 100