A case of Turner syndrome with schizophrenia: genetic relationship between Turner syndrome and psychosis

Psychiatry Clin Neurosci. 1997 Apr;51(2):83-5. doi: 10.1111/j.1440-1819.1997.tb02912.x.

Abstract

An 82-year-old woman with Turner syndrome and schizophrenia, and her 46-year-old daughter with schizophrenia are described. 45X/46XX chromosomal mosaicism was identified in the peripheral leukocytes of the mother, who showed several Turner dysmorphisms and cavum septi pellucidum in the brain. She had a normal reproductive life-span. The daughter resembled the mother in terms of schizophrenic symptoms, but she did not show any signs of Turner dysmorphism or chromosomal abnormality. The phenotype-karyotype relationship of Turner syndrome and the genetic relationship with psychosis are discussed.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Aged
  • Atrophy / pathology
  • Female
  • Humans
  • Karyotyping
  • Schizophrenia / complications*
  • Schizophrenic Psychology
  • Septum Pellucidum / pathology
  • Turner Syndrome / complications*
  • Turner Syndrome / genetics*
  • Turner Syndrome / psychology
  • X Chromosome