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Study Design: A retrospective review was conducted on 842 prenatal samples collected between 2020 and 2024 in a tertiary private medical center. Samples included amniotic fluid, chorionic villi, and products of conception. Testing involved rapid QF-PCR for aneuploidy detection, followed by SNP-based chromosomal microarray analysis (CMA). NIPT results with high risk for sex chromosomes aneuploidies were correlated with invasive testing outcomes in 19 cases. Results: Sex chromosome aneuploidies were identified in 67 cases (7.96%), with Turner syndrome (45, X) being the most frequent (23 cases, including six mosaics), followed by Klinefelter syndrome (18 cases), 47, XYY (14 cases), and trisomy X (12 cases). Among 19 NIPT-tested cases, 10 were true positives, 5 false positives, and 4 false negatives, including two mosaic Turner syndrome cases undetected by NIPT. Discordances were attributed to factors such as mosaicism and placental anomalies. Conclusions: Prenatal diagnosis of SCAs via invasive testing remains crucial due to NIPT\u2019s limited sensitivity for mosaicism and false positives. 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