Turner syndrome in a mother and daughter: r(X) and fertility

Clin Genet. 1997 Sep;52(3):187-91. doi: 10.1111/j.1399-0004.1997.tb02543.x.

Abstract

A patient with mosaic Turner syndrome and normal fertility had three documented pregnancies. She had a 45,X/46,X,r(X) karyotype and did not undergo spontaneous sexual maturation and menarche. Conception occurred while on hormone replacement therapy. Her first pregnancy ended with the birth of a normal 46,XY male, while the third pregnancy resulted in a healthy 45,X/46,X,r(X) female. A review of the literature reveals a myriad of theories to account for the variability of ovarian function in Turner syndrome, but, as yet, there are insufficient data to yield any conclusions. There appears to be an increased risk of trisomy 21 in the offspring of females with Turner syndrome.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Adolescent
  • Adult
  • Child, Preschool
  • Female
  • Fertility / genetics
  • Fertility / physiology
  • Humans
  • Infant
  • Karyotyping
  • Male
  • Menarche / genetics
  • Menarche / physiology
  • Mosaicism
  • Mothers*
  • Nuclear Family*
  • Pregnancy / genetics
  • Pregnancy / physiology
  • Ring Chromosomes
  • Sex Chromosome Aberrations / genetics
  • Sex Chromosome Aberrations / pathology
  • Sexual Maturation / genetics
  • Sexual Maturation / physiology
  • Turner Syndrome / genetics*
  • Turner Syndrome / pathology*
  • Turner Syndrome / physiopathology
  • X Chromosome / genetics