As your genetic counselor, you hired me to examine your unborn child’s karyotype to evaluate your child’s health, specifically chromosomal abnormalities. Mrs. Jackson, you went through the chorionic villus sampling, another name CVS, procedure that is a “prenatal test to detect defects, genetic diseases, and other problems during pregnancy”. During the procedure the cells that are taken are chorionic villus cell from the placenta in the walls of your uterus. This procedure is used to detect any possible problems in the early stages of pregnancy. Chorionic villus sampling is 98% accurate in diagnosing chromosomal defects.
From the chorionic villus sampling your child’s karyotype shows there is a deletion on chromosome 5. A deletion on a chromosome
