This proposed staged approach with temporary epicardial leads can improve the outcome of hydropic fetuses due to complete congenital AV block.

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We report two cases with hemifacial microsomia with body asymmetry associated with mosaic trisomies. The child with mosaic trisomy 9 had skin pigmentary changes. In the boy with mosaic trisomy 22, the extra chromosome 22 originated from a maternal meiosis I error.

A submicroscopic deletion of chromosome 22q11 was demonstrated in three triplets and in their father. Two children had the typical DiGeorge sequence with at least three of the four cardinal features: conotruncal heart disease, hypoplastic thymus and typical facial features. Hypoparathyroidism was present in one of them. The third child had features of both DiGeorge and velo‐cardio‐facial syndrome (VCFS). The father presented with features compatible with VCFS. This observation further illustrates the wide variability in expression of a submicroscopic deletion of 22q11, even within one family.

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