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A chromosome 21-derived minute marker in a mosaic trisomy 21 background: implications for risk assessments in marker chromosome cases.

Abstract
We report a prenatal case of a chromosome 21-derived minute supernumerary marker, found as a mosaic along with a trisomy 21 cell line at amniocentesis. Follow-up analysis of other fetal tissues confirmed the mosaicism and also disclosed a normal cell line. It is likely that the marker reflects a mutation event that resulted in trisomy rescue early in embryonic development. Had the trisomy 21 cell line not been found at amniocentesis, a low risk of an abnormal phenotype (approximately 5%) would have been assigned. We suggest that the risk associated with minute non-euchromatic marker chromosomes should be revised to account for the possibility of mosaicism with potentially aneuploid populations and/or uniparental disomy (UPD). The finding of any marker chromosome should prompt a thorough investigation for aneuploid cell lines. In the case of small markers with no euchromatin, the given risk of adverse phenotypic effects is not likely to be associated with the marker per se but with the possible presence of a cryptic aneuploid cell line from which the marker may have arisen.
AuthorsEunice-Georgia G Stefanou, Mark Crocker
JournalAmerican journal of medical genetics. Part A (Am J Med Genet A) Vol. 127A Issue 2 Pg. 191-3 (Jun 01 2004) ISSN: 1552-4825 [Print] United States
PMID15108209 (Publication Type: Case Reports, Journal Article)
CopyrightCopyright 2004 Wiley-Liss, Inc.
Chemical References
  • Genetic Markers
Topics
  • Amniocentesis
  • Cell Lineage (genetics)
  • Chromosome Aberrations
  • Down Syndrome (genetics)
  • Female
  • Genetic Markers (genetics)
  • Humans
  • In Situ Hybridization, Fluorescence
  • Male
  • Mosaicism
  • Pregnancy
  • Risk Assessment

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