G-11 staining in Turner's syndrome with mos 45,X/46,X,r(?).
Mos 45,X/46,X,r(?) in 4 patients with Turner's syndrome and no signs of virilization, and in one pair of monozygotic twins, one of them with clitoral hypertrophy, was studied using combined cytogenetic techniques and specially G-11 staining for the characterization of the X or Y origin of the rings. In all 6 patients the ring was G-11 positive, attesting its Y origin. Both twins were operated and bilateral streak gonads with a bilateral nodule of testicular tissue were found. Similar small rings were also studied in one patient with mos 46,XX/46,X,r(X) and in one nonvirilized Turner's syndrome patient with a larger ring; in these two cases the ring was G-11 negative. It seems that the small rings occasionally found in Turner's syndrome are more frequently from Y origin and therefore prophylactic gonadectomy should be considered.
J C
JC
de Almeida
J C
JC
Llerena
D
D
Molina Gomes
R
R
Rita Martins
M
M
Jung
D F
DF
Reis
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AG
Cunha
D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D002648:Child; D002871:Chromosome Banding; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007621:Karyotyping; D008297:Male; D009030:Mosaicism; D012729:Sex Chromosome Aberrations; D013194:Staining and Labeling; D014424:Turner Syndrome / Q000235:genetics*; D014960:X Chromosome; D014998:Y Chromosome