Report of a Case with Trisomy 9 Mosaicism

Authors

  • Mehdi Dianatpour Department of Medical Genetics, Shiraz University of Medical Sciences, Shiraz, Iran
  • Mohammad Miryounesi Genomic Research Center, Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran
  • Soudeh Ghafouri-Fard Department of Medical Genetics, Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran
  • Zahra Shadmani Vali-Asr Hospital, Fasa University of Medical Sciences, Fasa, Iran
Abstract:

Trisomy 9 is a rare chromosome disorder with high neonatal mortality. It is often seen in mosaic form. Most patients who survive are severely mentally retarded. The main features of this syndrome are "bulbous" nose, microphthalmia, dislocated limbs, and other anomalies of skeletal, cardiac, genitourinary, and central nervous system. Most patients have developmental and cognitive impairment. Patients with mosaicism survive longer than non-mosaics, but it was believed that the degree of mosaicism in lymphocytes or fibroblasts does not associate with survival or degree of impairment. In this report, we present a 2.5-year-old male case of mosaic trisomy 9, to show the wide range of clinical findings in this chromosome disorder. The patient had cardiac anomalies, inguinal hernia, and undescendent testes. He had low-set slightly malformed ears, deeply-set malformed eyes, small palpebral fissures, micrognathia, developmental delay and unilateral optic hypoplasia. The most prominent facial anomaly in this patient was eye anomalies. Cytogenetic analysis with G banding showed karyotype 47XY,+9 in 44% of peripheral lymphocytes examined (47XY,+9[22], 46XY[28]). His parents’ karyotypes were normal. Moderate developmental delay, which was detected in this patient shows that the range of motor and cognitive impairment in this chromosomal disorder is quite broad. This fact should be considered in genetic counseling as well as prenatal diagnosis of this chromosomal disorder.

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Journal title

volume 41  issue 3

pages  249- 252

publication date 2016-05-01

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