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Cariotipado - Risks

Nombres alternativos

Análisis cromosómico

Cuáles son los riesgos:

Los riesgos se relacionan con el procedimiento que se utilice para obtener la muestra.

Ver:

En algunos casos, se puede presentar una anomalía a medida que las células están creciendo en la caja de Petri en el laboratorio. Las pruebas para el cariotipo se deben repetir para confirmar que se está presentando realmente un problema anormal en los cromosomas en el cuerpo del paciente.

Consideraciones especiales:

La quimioterapia puede ocasionar una ruptura cromosómica que afecta los resultados normales del cariotipado.

Ver también: mosaicismo

El médico también puede ordenar otros exámenes que van de la mano con un cariotipado:

  • Estudios de telómeros: examina los extremos de los cromosomas.
  • Micromatriz multigénica (genochip ): examina pequeños cambios en los cromosomas.
  • Hibridización fluorescente in situ (FISH, por sus siglas en inglés): examina pequeños errores como eliminaciones en los cromosomas.
  • Reviewed last on: 12/1/2010
  • Chad Haldeman-Englert, MD, Wake Forest University School of Medicine, Department of Pediatrics, Section on Medical Genetics, Winston-Salem, NC. Review provided by VeriMed Healthcare Network. Also reviewed by David Zieve, MD, MHA, Medical Director, A.D.A.M., Inc.
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