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ArticleJournal of assisted reproduction and genetics2025

Case report: re-biopsy rescues a to-be-discarded segmental aneuploid embryo resulting in a healthy pregnancy with normal prenatal testing results.

Manuel Viotti, Ketty Margulis, Andrea R Victor, Alex E Murphy, Frank L Barnes, Christo G Zouves

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Article in Journal of assisted reproduction and genetics, 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 1 paper, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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2 · The registry

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

1 citing paper in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

6 authors.

Manuel ViottiZouves Foundation for Reproductive Medicine, Foster City, CA, USA. mviotti@zouvesfoundation.org.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0003-1844-2571
Ketty MargulisHRC Fertility Silicon Valley Area, Foster City, CA, USA.
Andrea R VictorZouves Foundation for Reproductive Medicine, Foster City, CA, USA.
Alex E MurphyHRC Fertility Silicon Valley Area, Foster City, CA, USA.
Frank L BarnesZouves Foundation for Reproductive Medicine, Foster City, CA, USA.
Christo G ZouvesZouves Foundation for Reproductive Medicine, Foster City, CA, USA.

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

This case report describes the strategy for reclassifying embryos initially diagnosed as segmental aneuploid through preimplantation genetic testing for aneuploidy (PGT-A), potentially rescuing those embryos for clinical use. A couple undergoing IVF, facing a lack of viable embryos, opted to re-biopsy a previously tested uniform (non-mosaic) segmental aneuploid embryo. The repeat PGT-A analysis produced a euploid result. Following thorough consultation with a genetic counselor and the treating physician, and after signing an informed consent detailing the associated risks, the couple proceeded with the embryo transfer. The pregnancy was confirmed, and prenatal testing by amniocentesis produced euploid results. This case highlights the potential of re-biopsy to more accurately assess embryos initially diagnosed as segmental aneuploid, helping to avoid the unnecessary discard of viable embryos while minimizing the clinical risks associated with constitutive segmental aneuploidies.

Indexed as

AneuploidyPreimplantation DiagnosisAdultAmniocentesisBiopsyEmbryo TransferFemaleFertilization in VitroGenetic TestingHumansPregnancyPrenatal DiagnosisEmbryoIVFPGT-APreimplantationSegmental aneuploid

Identifiers

PMID40332641
PMCPMC12229358

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