[Sex chromosome abnormality: report of three clinical cases of X pentasomy].

Pathologica

Struttura Complessa Anatomia ed Istologia Patologica, Ospedale S. Andrea, ASL 11, Vercelli, Italia.

Published: December 2003

Pentasomy X cases are very few. In this study we describe three clinical cases (two newborn children and a girl in puberal age) of females showing a 49, XXXXX cariotype. The salient phenotypic characteristics of these cases (heart defects, growth deficiency, craniofacial and hand abnormalities) are compared to the clinico-pathological data described in literature.

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