Korean J Clin Pathol.
1998 Jun;18(2):284-287.
Detection of the Pallister-Killian Syndrome by G-Banding and FISH in Cultured Skin Fibroblasts
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- 1Department of Clinical Pathology, Dong-A University College of Medicine, Pusan, Korea.
- 2Department of Molecular and Human Genetics, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, TX, USA.
Abstract
- Pallister-Killian syndrome is a rare disorder characterized by multiple congenital anomalies, coarse face, profound mental retardation, and epilepsy. Chromosomes of peripheral lymphocytes are usually normal, however, tissue cultures show varying degree of mosaicism for an extra metacentric chromosome i(12)(p10). We report on a two-year-old boy with Pallister-Killian syndrome confirmed by FISH in cultured skin fibroblasts. The patient had myoclonic seizures beginning at 2 months and was delayed in physical and speech development. Craniofacial manifestations include sparsity of scalp hair, hypertelorism, sparse eyebrows, flat nasal bridge, and large ears. Cytogenetic analysis of peripheral lymphocytes done at another hospital was reported to be normal. Studies of his skin fibroblasts showed an extra small metacentric i(12p) chromosome in 100% of metaphases. FISH using of whole chromosome painting probe for chromosome 12 confirmed that the supernumerary chromosome was an isochromosome 12p.
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