Background: Sex chromosomal aneuploidies in males are rare diseases with an overwhelming involvement of endocrinological and auxological issues; less frequently, other anomalies are observed. Neuroradiological issues are often not taken into account in single patients, and neuroradiological examinations are rarely performed. Case presentation: Here, we report a boy with 48,XXXY/49,XXXXY mosaicism, phenotypically characterized by hypotonia, intellectual disability, ventricular septal defect, micropenis, and with mild hypertelorism, inverted nipples, a congenital hip dysplasia, and some neuroradiological features so far not described. The Magnetic Resonance Imaging showed white matter abnormalities and enlargement of lateral ventricles with never described dysmorphisms of cranio-cervical junction and posterior fossa. A cranio-cervical Computerized Tomography confirmed a dysmorphic aspect of the posterior fossa and occipital condyles, slight morphological asymmetry of C1 and slight lateralization to the right of the odontoid's apex. Conclusions: Considering the possible relevant clinical impact of these findings, the neuroradiological assessment seems potentially useful to the diagnostic approach of these patients.

48, XXXY/49, XXXXY mosaic: new neuroradiological features in an ultra-rare syndrome / D., Milani; F., Bonarrigo; S., Avignone; F., Triulzi; Esposito, Susanna Maria Roberta. - In: THE ITALIAN JOURNAL OF PEDIATRICS. - ISSN 1720-8424. - 41:articolo 50(2015), pp. 1-4. [10.1186/s13052-015-0156-0]

48, XXXY/49, XXXXY mosaic: new neuroradiological features in an ultra-rare syndrome

Esposito, Susanna Maria Roberta
2015-01-01

Abstract

Background: Sex chromosomal aneuploidies in males are rare diseases with an overwhelming involvement of endocrinological and auxological issues; less frequently, other anomalies are observed. Neuroradiological issues are often not taken into account in single patients, and neuroradiological examinations are rarely performed. Case presentation: Here, we report a boy with 48,XXXY/49,XXXXY mosaicism, phenotypically characterized by hypotonia, intellectual disability, ventricular septal defect, micropenis, and with mild hypertelorism, inverted nipples, a congenital hip dysplasia, and some neuroradiological features so far not described. The Magnetic Resonance Imaging showed white matter abnormalities and enlargement of lateral ventricles with never described dysmorphisms of cranio-cervical junction and posterior fossa. A cranio-cervical Computerized Tomography confirmed a dysmorphic aspect of the posterior fossa and occipital condyles, slight morphological asymmetry of C1 and slight lateralization to the right of the odontoid's apex. Conclusions: Considering the possible relevant clinical impact of these findings, the neuroradiological assessment seems potentially useful to the diagnostic approach of these patients.
2015
48, XXXY/49, XXXXY mosaic: new neuroradiological features in an ultra-rare syndrome / D., Milani; F., Bonarrigo; S., Avignone; F., Triulzi; Esposito, Susanna Maria Roberta. - In: THE ITALIAN JOURNAL OF PEDIATRICS. - ISSN 1720-8424. - 41:articolo 50(2015), pp. 1-4. [10.1186/s13052-015-0156-0]
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