Male pseudohermaphroditism with persistent müllerian structures, mental retardation and Borjeson-Forssman-Lehmann-like features: a new syndrome?

Abstract

We report two sibs with an undescribed MCA/MR syndrome. Both had a 46,XY chromosome constitution. The first patient is profoundly mentally retarded. Clinical features include short stature, coarse face, deep set eyes, microphthalmia, large ears, gynecoid obesity, imperforate anus, sacral spina bifida, pseudovaginal perineoscrotal hypospadias, persistence of Müllerian structures, and low gonadotrophin levels. His XY sib was raised as a girl. She was slightly mentally impaired. She had microphthalmia and large ears, and was short. A complete uterus with tubae and a single intraabdominal gonad with testicular organization were removed during infancy. Those anomalies do not fit any previously reported syndrome, although the general aspect of the propositus clearly resembles Borjeson-Forssman-Lehmann syndrome. Inheritance could be either autosomal recessive or X-linked.

• Authors: A Verloes, Y Gillerot, J Delfortrie, M T Zeevaert-Arnold, R Collard, L Koulischer, J P Fryns
• Journal: Genetic counseling (Geneva, Switzerland) (Genet Couns) Vol. 1 Issue 3-4 Pg. 219-25 ( 1990) ISSN: 1015-8146 [Print] Switzerland
• PMID: 2098045 (Publication Type: Case Reports, Journal Article)

Topics

• Abnormalities, Multiple (diagnosis, genetics)
• Adolescent
• Adult
• Anus, Imperforate (diagnosis, genetics)
• Disorders of Sex Development (diagnosis, genetics)
• Humans
• Intellectual Disability (diagnosis, genetics)
• Karyotyping
• Male
• Mullerian Ducts (abnormalities)
• Syndrome