Abstract:
Objective To analyze the chromosome karyotype of a girl with delayed development, mental retardation and abnormal brain development and verify the source of the abnormalities.
Methods A 5-year-old girl with delayed development, mental retardation and abnormal brain development admitted to the first medical center of Chinese PLA General Hospital in 2014. The patient's chromosome was analyzed and verified using karyotype analysis, single nucleotide polymorphisms array (SNP Array) and fluorescence in situ hybridization (FISH) analysis.
Results G-binding analysis showed a chromosome karyotype of 46, XX, del(18)(p11)34/46, XX, add(18)(p11)16. The SNP Array analysis detected a 10Mb chromosome fragment deletion of 18p11.32-p11.22, or 18p11.32p11.22(136, 227-10, 213, 704) x1, and a chromosome fragment of 18p11.22-18qter with a low repeated mosaic. FISH analysis further confirmed the karyotype was 46, XX, . ishdel (18) (p11.2) (18pter-, 18qter+, WCP18+)166/psudic(18)(p11.2)(18pter-, 18qter++, WCP18+)34.
Conclusion The chromosome karyotype of the patient is 46, XX, del (18) (p11.2)34/46, XX, psudic (18) (p11.2)16, which is a new mutation. The mental retardation and developmental abnormalities in this patient may be caused by the effect of two kinds of abnormal chromosome karyotypes. However, the patient has not shown serious clinical symptoms of 18p minus syndrome and 18-trisomy syndrome because of the chimeric condition. Chromosome karyotype analysis combined with SNP Array and FISH analysis can identify abnormal chromosomes more accurately.