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Tetrasomy 13q mosaicism associated with phylloid hypomelanosis and precocious puberty
Author(s) -
Dhar Shweta U.,
RobbinsFurman Patricia,
Levy Moise L.,
Patel Ankita,
Scaglia Fernando
Publication year - 2009
Publication title -
american journal of medical genetics part a
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.064
H-Index - 112
eISSN - 1552-4833
pISSN - 1552-4825
DOI - 10.1002/ajmg.a.32758
Subject(s) - tetrasomy , hypopigmentation , biology , karyotype , aneuploidy , hypotonia , xeroderma pigmentosum , chromosome 13 , trisomy , pathology , genetics , chromosome , dermatology , medicine , dna repair , gene
Various forms of pigmentary dysplasias have been known to be associated with chromosomal mosaicism. One of these disorders, known as phylloid hypomelanosis, has been found to be predominantly associated with abnormalities in chromosome 13. Most of the reported literature involves mosaic trisomy 13 with clinical evidence of abnormal pigmentation in the form of leaf‐like or oblong achromic macules following Blaschko's lines. Here, we report on an 8‐year‐old girl with phylloid hypomelanosis and precocious puberty who was found to have mosaicism for tetrasomy 13q in the form of inverted dup(13)(q21) on her skin fibroblasts as well as peripheral blood karyotype. A higher resolution (244K) chromosomal microarray was done on DNA from skin fibroblasts confirming the breakpoint and gain of distal 13q, which made her tetrasomic for 13q21‐qter. This is the first‐ever reported association of tetrasomy 13q with phylloid hypomelanosis and precocious puberty. Our report further emphasizes the need to exclude any type of abnormalities of chromosome 13 in patients with phylloid hypopigmentation. © 2009 Wiley‐Liss, Inc.