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ArticleACG case reports journal2025

Nonreportable Cell-Free DNA Prenatal Screening Test Leads to Colorectal Cancer Diagnosis in the Mother.

Maria Paula Diaz Soto, Aaron Hakim, Jessica A Zerillo, Scott A Shainker, Jacqueline L Wolf

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Article in ACG case reports journal, 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Not yet cited in PubMed.

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Maria Paula Diaz SotoDepartment of Medicine, Division of Gastroenterology, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Boston, MA.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3713-8030
Aaron HakimDepartment of Medicine, Division of Gastroenterology, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Boston, MA.
Jessica A ZerilloDepartment of Medicine, Division of Gastroenterology, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Boston, MA.
Scott A ShainkerDepartment of Obstetrics, Gynecology and Reproductive Biology, Division of Maternal-Fetal Medicine, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA.
Jacqueline L WolfDepartment of Medicine, Division of Gastroenterology, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Boston, MA.

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Cell-free DNA, DNA from the developing placenta, is a noninvasive prenatal screening test to detect common fetal chromosomal abnormalities. Rarely, nonreportable results occur when the test cannot accurately determine the fetus chromosomal status. This can be due to low fetal fraction, insufficient DNA, or multiple aneuploidies, which can suggest maternal malignancy. Workup of occult malignancy in pregnancy is challenging. Most malignancies reported to date have been lymphomas. We describe the case of a pregnant patient without cancer risk factors who, following a nonreportable Cell-free DNA test, presented with abdominal pain and intermittent blood per rectum and was ultimately diagnosed with metastatic colon cancer.

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cell-free DNAcolorectal cancernoninvasive prenatal screeningpregnancy

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PMID41262536
PMCPMC12626709

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