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Consequently, the last decade has witnessed a widespread growth in cfDNA-based NIPT use, enough to be often considered an alternative method to other screening modalities. Nevertheless, the use of NIPT in clinical practice is still not devoid of discordant results. Hereby, we report a case of confined placental mosaicism (CPM) in which a NIPT false-positive result for trisomy 13 required not only amniocentesis but also cordocentesis, to rule out the fetal aneuploidy, with the additional support of molecular cytogenetics on placental DNA at delivery. 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