Cortical dysgenesis in a patient with Turner mosaicism.
In a patient with Turner mosaicism who had mental retardation, epilepsy and cerebellar ataxia, MRI showed cerebellar atrophy and a bizarre cortical dysgenesis of the cerebrum, which was considered to comprise a mixture of relatively normal gyri and structures resembling pachygyria and lissencephaly. The karyotype of the patient was 45,X/47,XXX, but the brain dysgenesis could not be explained solely on the basis of this mosaicism, which is rarely associated with a gross abnormality in brain pathology. Abnormality of the X chromosome seems to have some potential for inducing cortical dysgenesis, and this case may be partially attributable to an abnormal locus on the X chromosome.
Terao
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Department of Neurology, Institute for Brain Research, University of Tokyo, Japan.
Hashimoto
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Nukina
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Mannen
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Shinohara
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D000328:Adult; D001921:Brain / Q000002:abnormalities* / Q000473:pathology; D005260:Female; D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D006801:Humans; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging; D009030:Mosaicism / Q000235:genetics*; D014424:Turner Syndrome / Q000235:genetics*