Maternal uniparental disomy of chromosome 15 with concurrent paternal non-chromosome 15 marker chromosome: a rare presentation of prader-willi syndrome
摘要
Prader-Willi Syndrome (PWS) is a complicated genetic disorder demonstrating a variety of clinical phenotypes. Using molecular cytogenetics approaches to detect the deletions of the paternal 15q11-q13 region and maternal uniparental disomy of chromosome 15 plays an important role in the prenatal diagnosis of PWS.
Case presentationA pregnant woman with advanced maternal age underwent amniocentesis. The amniotic fluid was subjected to karyotyping and chromosomal microarray analysis. A marker without autosomal material and loss of heterozygosity (LOH) of 15q14-q23 were found in the fetus. The LOH was consistent with maternal uniparental isodisomy (UPD) and the marker was inherited from the father. Methylation-specific multiplex ligation-dependent probe amplification (MS-MLPA) found increased methylation in the fetal 15q11.2-q13 region and fluorescence in situ hybridization confirmed the marker was not originated from chromosome 15.
ConclusionWe presented a rare PWS case showing maternal UPD of chromosome 15 with concurrent paternal marker chromosome in the prenatal setting.