Mixed gonadal dysgenesis in a patient with de novo tas(Y;19)(p11.3;q13.4) and 45,X mosaicism

Eur J Pediatr. 2013 Sep;172(9):1215-9. doi: 10.1007/s00431-013-2028-1. Epub 2013 May 8.

Abstract

We report a patient with a de novo telomeric association between chromosomes 19 and Y in conjunction with mixed gonadal dysgenesis. The patient was first admitted to the clinic because of abnormal external genitalia. Laparoscopic evaluation revealed (1) a rudimentary uterus, one fallopian tube, and a small gonad resembling an ovary on the right side, and (2) an immature fallopian tube, a vas deferens, and a gonad resembling a testis on the left side. Conventional cytogenetic analysis performed on cultivated peripheral blood cells, and tissue obtained from the phallus and a gonadal structure which resembled a testis revealed two different cell lines with the 46,X,tas (Y;19)(p11.3;q13.4) and 45,X karyotype. Y chromosome microdeletion analysis showed that the patient did not have any genomic deletions in the AZFa, b, c, or SRY regions on the long arm of the Y chromosome. This is the first report of a patient with mixed gonadal dysgenesis that is accompanied by a telomeric association between chromosomes 19 and Y with 45,X mosaicism.

Publication types

  • Case Reports
  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

  • Chromosomes, Human, Pair 19*
  • Chromosomes, Human, X*
  • Chromosomes, Human, Y*
  • Genetic Testing
  • Gonadal Dysgenesis, Mixed / diagnosis*
  • Gonadal Dysgenesis, Mixed / genetics
  • Humans
  • Infant, Newborn
  • Male
  • Mosaicism*
  • Telomere*
  • Translocation, Genetic