Parents who have a child with translocational trisomy 18 should have chromosome studies, because they are at increased risk for another child with trisomy 18. At the birth of the child, an unusually small placenta may be noted. Chromosome studies show trisomy 18, partial trisomy, or translocation . Treatment is supportive, but life-sustaining measures are not recommended. Fifty per-cent of the affected infants do not survive beyond 2 months.
Complications depend on the specific abnormalities that affect the infant.
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