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Mosaic Turner Syndrome With 45,X/46,XY Mosaicism and Apparent Absent Uterus

Turner syndrome (TS) is a relatively common chromosomal abnormality in females. Short stature, gonadal dysgenesis, and somatic dysmorphic features are the characteristic features of the syndrome. The chromosomal abnormalities of TS are highly variable; 45,X/46,XY mosaicism accounts for 10-12% of cas...

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Autores principales: Alhajjaj, Alya, Altarouti, Sarraa A, Alkhabbaz, Fatimah
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Cureus 2021
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8171218/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/34094770
http://dx.doi.org/10.7759/cureus.14816
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author Alhajjaj, Alya
Altarouti, Sarraa A
Alkhabbaz, Fatimah
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description Turner syndrome (TS) is a relatively common chromosomal abnormality in females. Short stature, gonadal dysgenesis, and somatic dysmorphic features are the characteristic features of the syndrome. The chromosomal abnormalities of TS are highly variable; 45,X/46,XY mosaicism accounts for 10-12% of cases of Turner syndrome. Despite the presence of hypogonadism, affected females typically have a uterus. Here, we report the case of a 22-year-old female who presented at 15 years of age with primary amenorrhea. She was diagnosed with Turner syndrome mosaicism with a karyotype of 45,X/46,XY. Her pelvic imaging showed an absent uterus and ovaries. Due to the presence of a Y chromosome, she underwent prophylactic gonadectomy. Histopathology of her removed gonads confirmed the diagnosis of mixed gonadal disorder. She was started on estrogen replacement. Four years after treatment, she developed her menses. Her repeated pelvic magnetic resonance imaging showed the presence of a small uterus.
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spelling pubmed-81712182021-06-04 Mosaic Turner Syndrome With 45,X/46,XY Mosaicism and Apparent Absent Uterus Alhajjaj, Alya Altarouti, Sarraa A Alkhabbaz, Fatimah Cureus Endocrinology/Diabetes/Metabolism Turner syndrome (TS) is a relatively common chromosomal abnormality in females. Short stature, gonadal dysgenesis, and somatic dysmorphic features are the characteristic features of the syndrome. The chromosomal abnormalities of TS are highly variable; 45,X/46,XY mosaicism accounts for 10-12% of cases of Turner syndrome. Despite the presence of hypogonadism, affected females typically have a uterus. Here, we report the case of a 22-year-old female who presented at 15 years of age with primary amenorrhea. She was diagnosed with Turner syndrome mosaicism with a karyotype of 45,X/46,XY. Her pelvic imaging showed an absent uterus and ovaries. Due to the presence of a Y chromosome, she underwent prophylactic gonadectomy. Histopathology of her removed gonads confirmed the diagnosis of mixed gonadal disorder. She was started on estrogen replacement. Four years after treatment, she developed her menses. Her repeated pelvic magnetic resonance imaging showed the presence of a small uterus. Cureus 2021-05-03 /pmc/articles/PMC8171218/ /pubmed/34094770 http://dx.doi.org/10.7759/cureus.14816 Text en Copyright © 2021, Alhajjaj et al. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/This is an open access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author and source are credited.
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Alhajjaj, Alya
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Alkhabbaz, Fatimah
Mosaic Turner Syndrome With 45,X/46,XY Mosaicism and Apparent Absent Uterus
title Mosaic Turner Syndrome With 45,X/46,XY Mosaicism and Apparent Absent Uterus
title_full Mosaic Turner Syndrome With 45,X/46,XY Mosaicism and Apparent Absent Uterus
title_fullStr Mosaic Turner Syndrome With 45,X/46,XY Mosaicism and Apparent Absent Uterus
title_full_unstemmed Mosaic Turner Syndrome With 45,X/46,XY Mosaicism and Apparent Absent Uterus
title_short Mosaic Turner Syndrome With 45,X/46,XY Mosaicism and Apparent Absent Uterus
title_sort mosaic turner syndrome with 45,x/46,xy mosaicism and apparent absent uterus
topic Endocrinology/Diabetes/Metabolism
url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8171218/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/34094770
http://dx.doi.org/10.7759/cureus.14816
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