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Table 1 Autopsy observations of the embryo and the placenta

From: Prenatal diagnosis of 1p34.3 interstitial microdeletion by aCGH in a fetus with jaw bone abnormalities

Embryo

Placenta

• Cleft palate

• Craniofacial malformations (severe posterior micrognathia, microtia)

• Narrow trunk with 11 pairs of thoracic and 1 pair of nuchal sides

• Abnormal position of fingers

• Talipes varus

• Knee flexion

• Dilatation of fourth ventricle

• Malformation of mitral valve

• Underweight placenta with increased fetus-placenta ratio

• Mitral decidual arteriopathy

• Low-grade acute chorioamniotis maternally derived, without any inflammatory reaction observed in the fetus