Monozygotic twins discordant for sex

J Med Genet. 1976 Feb;13(1):64-8. doi: 10.1136/jmg.13.1.64.

Abstract

A pair of monozygotic, adolescent twins is discordant for sex. The phenotypic female twin has chromosome constitution of 46, XY/45, X. She displays many signs of Turner's syndrome, including typical facies, webbed neck, malformed left kidney, high plasma gonadotropins, and streak ovaries. However, her height is 154 cm which exceeds the height usually reported in Turner's syndrome. The male twin has a karyotype of 46, XY and normal sexual development. Only two other reports of pairs of monozygotic twins of opposite sex have been published.

Publication types

  • Case Reports
  • Research Support, U.S. Gov't, P.H.S.

MeSH terms

  • Adolescent
  • Blood Group Antigens
  • Chromosomes
  • Diseases in Twins*
  • Female
  • Humans
  • Karyotyping
  • Male
  • Mosaicism
  • Phenotype
  • Pregnancy
  • Sex Chromatin
  • Sex Chromosome Aberrations*
  • Sex Chromosomes
  • Sex Determination Analysis
  • Turner Syndrome / genetics
  • Twins*
  • Twins, Monozygotic*

Substances

  • Blood Group Antigens