title: A Y/5 translocation in a 45,X male with cri du chat syndrome.
abstract: In a patient described as a 45,X male with cri du chat syndrome, combined cytogenetic and molecular methods revealed Y euchromatic material to be translocated onto the short arm of one chromosome 5, resulting in a chromosome der(5)(5qter----5p14::Yp11.31----Ypter). The translocated Y euchromatin comprised only the distal short arm including the pseudoautosomal region and the so-called deletion intervals 1 and 2. A review of 45,X males from the literature showed that; most of them carry a paternally transmitted Y/autosome translocations; resulting in various autosomal deletions. Depending on the segment concerned, the deletion led to congenital malformations.
mesh_terms: D002871:Chromosome Banding; D002895:Chromosomes, Human, Pair 5; D003410:Cri-du-Chat Syndrome / Q000235:genetics*; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D007621:Karyotyping; D008297:Male; D009634:Noonan Syndrome / Q000235:genetics*; D009693:Nucleic Acid Hybridization; D014178:Translocation, Genetic; D014998:Y Chromosome