A 13-year-old phenotypically female patient presented with short stature (height SDS -2.6), but without any Turner stigmata or other dysmorphic features. Chromosome analysis showed mosaicism for an isodicentric (idic) (Y)(q11.23) containing cell line and a 45,X cell line. Subsequent gonadectomy revealed a left streak ovary and a right ovary of abnormal appearance, which on histological examination appeared to contain a gonadoblastoma. DNA analysis showed that the proposed critical region of the gonadoblastoma locus on the Y chromosome was contained within the patient's idic (Y). Conclusion. The case described here shows that patients with 45,X/46,X, isodicentric (Yp) mosaicism and a female phenotype (1) can lack external virilisation but still have a gonadoblastoma and (2) do not necessarily have Turner stigmata but can present with only short stature. This case also underlines the importance of karyotyping patients with unexplained short stature to enable gonadectomy if Y-derived material is detected.
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