Objective: To investigate the etiology, diagnosis and treatment of 45,X/46,XY mixed gonadal dysgenesis and the patients' clinical characteristics of conception, pregnancy and delivery, with purpose of improving the treatment and pregnancy management of the patients.
Methods: We retrospectively analyzed the clinical data on a pregnant patient with 45,X/46,XY mixed gonadal dysgenesis.
Results: Based on the findings of hypoplasia of secondary sexual characteristics, streak gonads, chromosome karyotype incompatibility with social sex, and chromosome aberration in the gonadal tissue, the patient was diagnosed with 45,X/46,XY mixed gonadal dysgenesis, received oocyte donation and intracytoplasmic sperm injection-embryo transfer (ICSI-ET), and achieved a live birth.
Conclusion: Female patients with 45,X/46,XY mixed gonadal dysgenesis are infertile, but can achieve pregnancy through oocyte donation. However, the incidence rates of pregnancy complications and abnormal delivery are higher in these patients than in normal females. The perinatal outcomes can be improved by efficient treatment and pregnancy management of the patients.
Keywords: gonadal dysgenesis; sex chromosome aberrations; chimera; 45,X/46,XY mixed gonadal dysgenesis; oocyte donation; intracytoplasmic sperm injection-embryo transfer; pregnancy.