Clinical outcome: a monosomy 18p is better than a tetrasomy 18p

Cytogenet Genome Res. 2014;144(4):294-8. doi: 10.1159/000371461. Epub 2015 Jan 28.

Abstract

We report the clinical and laboratory data of 2 patients with different rearrangements involving the short arm of chromosome 18, one with an isochromosome 18p (tetrasomy 18p) and the other with an 18p deletion (monosomy 18p by translocation t(15;18)). Based on molecular cytogenetic findings including high-resolution SNP array, FISH, and multiplex fluorescence PCR, we compared the clinical phenotypes of the 2 patients with other reported patients with 18p deletion, trisomy 18, and isochromosome 18p syndromes to obtain genotype/phenotype correlations. Our findings suggest that a partial monosomy 18p has the better clinical outcome than a tetrasomy 18p.

Publication types

  • Case Reports
  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

  • Abnormalities, Multiple / genetics*
  • Abnormalities, Multiple / pathology
  • Aneuploidy*
  • Child, Preschool
  • Chromosomes, Human, Pair 18 / genetics*
  • Female
  • Humans
  • In Situ Hybridization, Fluorescence
  • Infant
  • Isochromosomes
  • Karyotyping
  • Male
  • Monosomy*
  • Phenotype
  • Polymorphism, Single Nucleotide
  • Tetrasomy*