Multiple congenital anomalies in a man with (X;6) translocation

Am J Med Genet. 1994 May 15;51(1):9-12. doi: 10.1002/ajmg.1320510103.

Abstract

X;autosome translocations in humans, often associated with congenital anomalies or with gonadal dysgenesis syndromes, are informative for the study of X-linked gene expression and of the phenomenon of X chromosome inactivation. When such translocations occur in association with multiple congenital anomaly (MCA) syndromes, the observed phenotypes are not always attributable solely to disruption of specific genes, if X-inactivation spreads onto the translocated autosome, rendering some distal genes inactive. We report on a man with multiple congenital anomalies and a maternally inherited (X;6)(p22.1;p25) translocation. He has abnormalities not described in the Klinefelter or 6p deletion syndromes. His unique findings constitute a recognizable syndrome, which is likely caused by disomy for a region of Xp in conjunction with a partial 6p deletion.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Abnormalities, Multiple / genetics*
  • Adolescent
  • Chromosomes, Human, Pair 6*
  • Dosage Compensation, Genetic
  • Humans
  • Intellectual Disability / genetics
  • Karyotyping
  • Male
  • Mothers
  • Pedigree
  • Sex Chromosome Aberrations
  • Translocation, Genetic*
  • X Chromosome*