Analysis of the SRY gene in a girl with 45,X/46,XY genotype

Genet Couns. 2009;20(3):249-54.

Abstract

Analysis of the SRY gene in a girl with 45,X/46,XY genotype: We present a Turner syndrome patient with a 45, X/46, XY mosaicism. A seven-year-old patient was admitted to our laboratory for evaluation of Turner Syndrome. On physical examination, short stature, a webbed neck, a broad chest with widely spaced nipples, syndactyly on toes, horse shoe kidney and typical findings of aortic coarctation were present. The chromosome karyotype of the patient was 45 X/46 XY. Molecular analysis of the blood lymphocytes confirmed the presence of the SRY gene of the patient. We report here the clinical and cytogenetic findings in a patient with an unusual sex chromosome mosaicism.

MeSH terms

  • Abnormalities, Multiple / diagnosis
  • Abnormalities, Multiple / genetics
  • Child
  • Chromosomes, Human, Y / genetics
  • Female
  • Genotype*
  • Humans
  • Mosaicism*
  • Nondisjunction, Genetic
  • Phenotype
  • Sex Chromosome Aberrations
  • Sex-Determining Region Y Protein / genetics*
  • Turner Syndrome / diagnosis
  • Turner Syndrome / genetics*

Substances

  • SRY protein, human
  • Sex-Determining Region Y Protein