›› 2017, Vol. 35 ›› Issue (5): 355-.doi: 10.3969/j.issn.1000-3606.2017.05.008

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A rare double trisomy 47,XXX/48,XXX,+8 combined Behcet disease:A case report and review of literature

LI Xin1,CHENG Qing1,DING Yu1,LI Juan1,YING Lei2,ZHOU Yunfang2,WANG Xiuming1, WANG Jian3   

  1. 1.Department of Endocrinology, 2.Rare Disease Diagnosis and Treatment Center, 3.Department of Medical Genetics and Molecular Diagnostic Center, Shanghai Children’s Medical Center, Shanghai Jiaotong University School of Medicine,Shanghai 200127, China
  • Received:2017-05-15 Online:2017-05-15 Published:2017-05-15

Abstract:  Objective To investigate the characteristics and essential points of diagnosis and treatment of double trisomy 47,XXX/48,XXX,+8 combined Behcet disease, a rare inherited immunodeficiency disorder. Methods The clinical manifestations, karyotype analysis and gene test results of the patients were analyzed, and relevant literatures were reviewed. Results A 11-year-old girl presented repeated fever for more than 6 years, accompanied with recurrent genital herpes infection and oral apthosis, was clinically diagnosed with Behcet disease. Cytogentic and molecular karyotyping on peripheral lymphocytes demonstrated 47,XXX[12]/48,XXX,+8[18]. Conclusions Conventional karyotype analysis and chromosomal microarray analysis have a complementary role in the diagnosis of the disease. We conclude that patients with constitutional trisomy 8 and those with trisomy 8 confined to the bone marrow are both at increased risk of developing features of Behcet disease. The mechanism may relate to increased gene dosage of candidate genes for  Behcet’s disease on chromosome 8.