Neurologic aspects of 49,XXXXY syndrome

J Child Neurol. 2003 Jul;18(7):501-4. doi: 10.1177/08830738030180071001.

Abstract

49,XXXXY syndrome is a rare sex chromosome aneuploidy syndrome characterized by mental retardation, severe speech impairment, craniofacial abnormalities, multiple skeletal defects, and genital abnormalities. We describe a 13-year-old boy with 49,XXXXY syndrome, language impairment, seizures, and left-hemisphere magnetic resonance imaging abnormalities and review the distinctive neurologic, cognitive, and behavioral phenotypes associated with this disorder. Finally, we discuss testosterone supplementation in the treatment of this syndrome.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Abnormalities, Multiple
  • Adolescent
  • Aneuploidy*
  • Brain / pathology*
  • Cognition Disorders / etiology
  • Cognition Disorders / genetics
  • Electroencephalography
  • Humans
  • Language Disorders / etiology
  • Language Disorders / genetics*
  • Magnetic Resonance Imaging
  • Male
  • Phenotype
  • Seizures / etiology
  • Seizures / genetics*
  • Sex Chromosome Disorders / complications*
  • Syndrome
  • Testosterone / therapeutic use

Substances

  • Testosterone