Rare and Atypical Case of Turner Syndrome With Three Cell Lines
Amal Essouabni1, Mohamed Ahakoud2, Hayat Aynaou1
1Department of Endocrinology, Diabetology, Metabolic Diseases and Nutrition, Hassan II University Hospital, Fez, MAR.
Abstract:
Turner's syndrome is a rare complex genetic disease characterized by gonadal dysgenesis and sexual chromosomal abnormalities. Half of the patients affected are monosomic, for the X chromosome, and for the remaining patients, a variety of chromosomal abnormalities have been reported. Only a small percentage (3%-4%) of people with Turner syndrome have triple X cell line mosaicism (47, XXX). It has been reported that patients 45, X/47, XXX have normal intelligence, a higher rate of spontaneous menstruation, an increased number of pregnancies, and a lower frequency of short stature (60%) compared to patients 45, X. In this work, we will present a rare and atypical case of a patient who presents a rare chromosomal mosaicism, with three chromosomal lineages, contrasting with a typical clinical picture of Turner syndrome.
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