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Trisomy 13 - Symptom

Alternative Names

Patau syndrome

Symptoms:

Signs and tests:

The infant may have a single umbilical artery at birth. There are often signs of congenital heart disease, such as:

Gastrointestinal x-rays or ultrasound may show rotation of the internal organs.

MRI or CT scans of the head may reveal a problem with the structure of the brain. The problem is called holoprosencephaly. It is the joining together of the two sides of the brain.

Chromosome studies show trisomy 13, trisomy 13 mosaicism, or partial trisomy.

  • Reviewed last on: 7/1/2007
  • Brian Kirmse, MD, Mount Sinai School of Medicine, Department of HumanGenetics, New York, NY. Review provided by VeriMed Healthcare Network.