Association of Turner's syndrome and Swyer's syndrome in the same family

Abstract

We report two phenotypically and genetically different diseases in the same family. One patient presented with Turner phenotype as a result of chromosomal mosaicism 45,X/46,X, inv(X)(q21;q24) (30%/70%). Her father's sister showed 46,XY female gonadal dysgenesis (Swyer's syndrome) as a result of a point mutation in the SRY gene on her Y chromosome. DNA sequencing revealed a G-->C transversion (nucleotide position 693) resulting in a change from glycine95 to arginine (G95R). Here we report for the first time an association of Turner's syndrome and Swyer's syndrome in the same family.