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A case report of rare XXY/XX mosaicism in a phenotypic male with Klinefelter syndrome and mediastinal germ cell tumor.
Genetic counseling (Geneva, Switzerland) - 1 Jan 2014
Song J S, Lee S H, Jin D K, Kim S H
Abstract excerpt
Klinefelter syndrome (KS) is a common sex chromosome disorder and is characterized by small, firm testes with hyalinization of the seminiferous tubules, elevated gonadotropins and azoospermia. Among karyotypic variants of KS, mosaicism 47,XXY/46,XX is extremely rare. We report here a case of an 18-year-old boy with a mosaic 47,XXY/46,XX karyotype of peripheral blood diagnosed as KS. The boy presented with...
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