title: A sex cord stromal tumour in a woman with XO/XX/XXX-mosaicism.
abstract: We describe a postmenopausal woman with 45,XO/46,XX/47,XXX mosaicism who presented with a Sertoli-Leydig cell tumour and a past history of habitual abortion. The cytogenetic finding is discussed in relation to the etiology of the tumour and of the recurrent abortions.
authors.affiliation: Institute for Human Genetics, Westfälische Wilhelms-Universität Münster, Federal Republic of Germany.
authors.forename: D
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Glaser
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Nienhaus
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Köhler
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Walther
authors.forename: I H
authors.initials: IH
authors.lastname: Pawlowitzki
mesh_terms: D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007621:Karyotyping; D007984:Leydig Cell Tumor / Q000235:genetics; D009030:Mosaicism; D010051:Ovarian Neoplasms / Q000235:genetics*; D012707:Sertoli Cell Tumor / Q000235:genetics; D012729:Sex Chromosome Aberrations; D014960:X Chromosome