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Trisomy 18

MedGen UID:
1384417
Concept ID:
C4317091
Disease or Syndrome
Synonyms: Chromosome 18 trisomy; Edwards syndrome
Modes of inheritance:
Unknown inheritance
MedGen UID:
989040
Concept ID:
CN307042
Finding
Source: Orphanet
Hereditary clinical entity whose mode of inheritance is unknown.
Not genetically inherited
MedGen UID:
988794
Concept ID:
CN307044
Finding
Source: Orphanet
clinical entity without genetic inheritance.
 
Monarch Initiative: MONDO:0018071
Orphanet: ORPHA3380

Definition

Trisomy 18 is a chromosomal abnormality associated with the presence of an extra chromosome 18 and characterized by growth delay, dolichocephaly, a characteristic facies, limb anomalies and visceral malformations. [from ORDO]

Professional guidelines

PubMed

Xie X, Huang B, Su L, Cai M, Chen Y, Wu X, Xu L
BMC Med Genomics 2023 Nov 20;16(1):298. doi: 10.1186/s12920-023-01733-2. PMID: 37986075Free PMC Article
Dungan JS, Klugman S, Darilek S, Malinowski J, Akkari YMN, Monaghan KG, Erwin A, Best RG; ACMG Board of Directors. Electronic address: documents@acmg.net
Genet Med 2023 Feb;25(2):100336. Epub 2022 Dec 16 doi: 10.1016/j.gim.2022.11.004. PMID: 36524989
Society for Maternal-Fetal Medicine (SMFM). Electronic address: pubs@smfm.org, Prabhu M, Kuller JA, Biggio JR
Am J Obstet Gynecol 2021 Oct;225(4):B2-B15. Epub 2021 Jun 23 doi: 10.1016/j.ajog.2021.06.079. PMID: 34171388

Curated

American College of Medical Genetics and Genomics Noninvasive Prenatal Screening via Cell-Free DNA ACT Sheet, Trisomy 18: Positive Cell Free DNA Screen, 2021

Recent clinical studies

Etiology

Rose NC, Barrie ES, Malinowski J, Jenkins GP, McClain MR, LaGrave D, Leung ML; ACMG Professional Practice and Guidelines Committee. Electronic address: documents@acmg.net
Genet Med 2022 Jul;24(7):1379-1391. Epub 2022 May 24 doi: 10.1016/j.gim.2022.03.019. PMID: 35608568
Carvajal HG, Callahan CP, Miller JR, Rensink BL, Eghtesady P
Pediatr Cardiol 2020 Oct;41(7):1319-1333. Epub 2020 Sep 14 doi: 10.1007/s00246-020-02444-6. PMID: 32924070
Neubauer K, Boss RD
Am J Med Genet C Semin Med Genet 2020 Mar;184(1):187-191. Epub 2020 Jan 24 doi: 10.1002/ajmg.c.31767. PMID: 31975573
van der Meij KRM, Sistermans EA, Macville MVE, Stevens SJC, Bax CJ, Bekker MN, Bilardo CM, Boon EMJ, Boter M, Diderich KEM, de Die-Smulders CEM, Duin LK, Faas BHW, Feenstra I, Haak MC, Hoffer MJV, den Hollander NS, Hollink IHIM, Jehee FS, Knapen MFCM, Kooper AJA, van Langen IM, Lichtenbelt KD, Linskens IH, van Maarle MC, Oepkes D, Pieters MJ, Schuring-Blom GH, Sikkel E, Sikkema-Raddatz B, Smeets DFCM, Srebniak MI, Suijkerbuijk RF, Tan-Sindhunata GM, van der Ven AJEM, van Zelderen-Bhola SL, Henneman L, Galjaard RH, Van Opstal D, Weiss MM; Dutch NIPT Consortium
Am J Hum Genet 2019 Dec 5;105(6):1091-1101. Epub 2019 Nov 7 doi: 10.1016/j.ajhg.2019.10.005. PMID: 31708118Free PMC Article
Cereda A, Carey JC
Orphanet J Rare Dis 2012 Oct 23;7:81. doi: 10.1186/1750-1172-7-81. PMID: 23088440Free PMC Article

Diagnosis

Kepple JW, Fishler KP, Peeples ES
Am J Med Genet A 2021 Apr;185(4):1294-1303. Epub 2021 Feb 2 doi: 10.1002/ajmg.a.62097. PMID: 33527722
Goel N, Morris JK, Tucker D, de Walle HEK, Bakker MK, Kancherla V, Marengo L, Canfield MA, Kallen K, Lelong N, Camelo JL, Stallings EB, Jones AM, Nance A, Huynh MP, Martínez-Fernández ML, Sipek A, Pierini A, Nembhard WN, Goetz D, Rissmann A, Groisman B, Luna-Muñoz L, Szabova E, Lapchenko S, Zarante I, Hurtado-Villa P, Martinez LE, Tagliabue G, Landau D, Gatt M, Dastgiri S, Morgan M
Am J Med Genet A 2019 Dec;179(12):2382-2392. Epub 2019 Sep 30 doi: 10.1002/ajmg.a.61365. PMID: 31566869Free PMC Article
Harraway J
Aust Fam Physician 2017 Oct;46(10):735-739. PMID: 29036772
Rosa RF, Rosa RC, Zen PR, Graziadio C, Paskulin GA
Rev Paul Pediatr 2013 Jan-Mar;31(1):111-20. doi: 10.1590/s0103-05822013000100018. PMID: 23703053
Cereda A, Carey JC
Orphanet J Rare Dis 2012 Oct 23;7:81. doi: 10.1186/1750-1172-7-81. PMID: 23088440Free PMC Article

Therapy

Rose NC, Barrie ES, Malinowski J, Jenkins GP, McClain MR, LaGrave D, Leung ML; ACMG Professional Practice and Guidelines Committee. Electronic address: documents@acmg.net
Genet Med 2022 Jul;24(7):1379-1391. Epub 2022 May 24 doi: 10.1016/j.gim.2022.03.019. PMID: 35608568
Kepple JW, Peeples ES
Am J Med Genet A 2022 Feb;188(2):548-555. Epub 2021 Nov 1 doi: 10.1002/ajmg.a.62552. PMID: 34719838
Society for Maternal-Fetal Medicine (SMFM), Gandhi M, Rac MWF, McKinney J
Am J Obstet Gynecol 2019 Dec;221(6):B16-B18. doi: 10.1016/j.ajog.2019.09.024. PMID: 31787159
Gil MM, Accurti V, Santacruz B, Plana MN, Nicolaides KH
Ultrasound Obstet Gynecol 2017 Sep;50(3):302-314. Epub 2017 Jul 27 doi: 10.1002/uog.17484. PMID: 28397325
Randis TM, Polin RA
Curr Opin Pediatr 2014 Apr;26(2):137-8. doi: 10.1097/MOP.0000000000000079. PMID: 24535493

Prognosis

Society for Maternal-Fetal Medicine (SMFM), Monteagudo A
Am J Obstet Gynecol 2020 Dec;223(6):B38-B41. Epub 2020 Nov 7 doi: 10.1016/j.ajog.2020.08.184. PMID: 33168220
Society for Maternal-Fetal Medicine (SMFM), Monteagudo A
Am J Obstet Gynecol 2020 Dec;223(6):B13-B16. Epub 2020 Nov 7 doi: 10.1016/j.ajog.2020.08.178. PMID: 33168217
Goel N, Morris JK, Tucker D, de Walle HEK, Bakker MK, Kancherla V, Marengo L, Canfield MA, Kallen K, Lelong N, Camelo JL, Stallings EB, Jones AM, Nance A, Huynh MP, Martínez-Fernández ML, Sipek A, Pierini A, Nembhard WN, Goetz D, Rissmann A, Groisman B, Luna-Muñoz L, Szabova E, Lapchenko S, Zarante I, Hurtado-Villa P, Martinez LE, Tagliabue G, Landau D, Gatt M, Dastgiri S, Morgan M
Am J Med Genet A 2019 Dec;179(12):2382-2392. Epub 2019 Sep 30 doi: 10.1002/ajmg.a.61365. PMID: 31566869Free PMC Article
Rosa RF, Rosa RC, Zen PR, Graziadio C, Paskulin GA
Rev Paul Pediatr 2013 Jan-Mar;31(1):111-20. doi: 10.1590/s0103-05822013000100018. PMID: 23703053
Cereda A, Carey JC
Orphanet J Rare Dis 2012 Oct 23;7:81. doi: 10.1186/1750-1172-7-81. PMID: 23088440Free PMC Article

Clinical prediction guides

Torres EM
Chromosome Res 2023 Aug 25;31(3):24. doi: 10.1007/s10577-023-09732-w. PMID: 37620607Free PMC Article
van der Meij KRM, Sistermans EA, Macville MVE, Stevens SJC, Bax CJ, Bekker MN, Bilardo CM, Boon EMJ, Boter M, Diderich KEM, de Die-Smulders CEM, Duin LK, Faas BHW, Feenstra I, Haak MC, Hoffer MJV, den Hollander NS, Hollink IHIM, Jehee FS, Knapen MFCM, Kooper AJA, van Langen IM, Lichtenbelt KD, Linskens IH, van Maarle MC, Oepkes D, Pieters MJ, Schuring-Blom GH, Sikkel E, Sikkema-Raddatz B, Smeets DFCM, Srebniak MI, Suijkerbuijk RF, Tan-Sindhunata GM, van der Ven AJEM, van Zelderen-Bhola SL, Henneman L, Galjaard RH, Van Opstal D, Weiss MM; Dutch NIPT Consortium
Am J Hum Genet 2019 Dec 5;105(6):1091-1101. Epub 2019 Nov 7 doi: 10.1016/j.ajhg.2019.10.005. PMID: 31708118Free PMC Article
Mai CT, Isenburg JL, Canfield MA, Meyer RE, Correa A, Alverson CJ, Lupo PJ, Riehle-Colarusso T, Cho SJ, Aggarwal D, Kirby RS; National Birth Defects Prevention Network
Birth Defects Res 2019 Nov 1;111(18):1420-1435. Epub 2019 Oct 3 doi: 10.1002/bdr2.1589. PMID: 31580536Free PMC Article
Rosa RF, Rosa RC, Zen PR, Graziadio C, Paskulin GA
Rev Paul Pediatr 2013 Jan-Mar;31(1):111-20. doi: 10.1590/s0103-05822013000100018. PMID: 23703053
Vandenbosche RC, Kirchner JT
Am Fam Physician 1998 Oct 15;58(6):1384-90, 1393-4. PMID: 9803202

Recent systematic reviews

Rose NC, Barrie ES, Malinowski J, Jenkins GP, McClain MR, LaGrave D, Leung ML; ACMG Professional Practice and Guidelines Committee. Electronic address: documents@acmg.net
Genet Med 2022 Jul;24(7):1379-1391. Epub 2022 May 24 doi: 10.1016/j.gim.2022.03.019. PMID: 35608568
Taghavi K, Sharpe C, Stringer MD
J Pediatr Urol 2017 Feb;13(1):7-15. Epub 2016 Oct 8 doi: 10.1016/j.jpurol.2016.09.003. PMID: 27889224
Iwarsson E, Jacobsson B, Dagerhamn J, Davidson T, Bernabé E, Heibert Arnlind M
Acta Obstet Gynecol Scand 2017 Jan;96(1):7-18. Epub 2016 Dec 9 doi: 10.1111/aogs.13047. PMID: 27779757
Satgé D, Nishi M, Sirvent N, Vekemans M
Am J Med Genet C Semin Med Genet 2016 Sep;172(3):296-306. Epub 2016 Jul 30 doi: 10.1002/ajmg.c.31511. PMID: 27474103
Taylor-Phillips S, Freeman K, Geppert J, Agbebiyi A, Uthman OA, Madan J, Clarke A, Quenby S, Clarke A
BMJ Open 2016 Jan 18;6(1):e010002. doi: 10.1136/bmjopen-2015-010002. PMID: 26781507Free PMC Article

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    Curated

    • ACMG ACT, 2021
      American College of Medical Genetics and Genomics Noninvasive Prenatal Screening via Cell-Free DNA ACT Sheet, Trisomy 18: Positive Cell Free DNA Screen, 2021

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