FETAL CHOROID-PLEXUS CYSTS - IS A GENETIC EVALUATION INDICATED

A study of the association between aneuploidy and fetal choroid plexus cysts (CPCs) is presented. By reviewing the world prospective and ret rospective studies, one cannot reach an agreed conclusion since differ ent study designs were used and meta analysis is not feasible. Our exp erience is that as a solitary ultrasonographic finding, genetic evalua tion is not indicated in cases of CPC. However, all the 'risk factors' of fetal aneuploidy such as maternal age, biochemical markers, and ul trasonographic signs map create a score by which the indication for ge netic evaluation will be more sound. (C) 1997 by John Wiley & Sons, Lt d.