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We describe a postmenopausal woman with 45,XO/46,XX/47, XXX mosaicism who presented with a Sertoli-Leydig cell turour and a past history of habitual abortion. The cytogenetic finding is discussed in relation to the etiology of the tumour and of the recurrent abortions.
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Glaser, D., Nienhaus, H., Köhler, R. et al. A sex cord stromal tumour in a woman with XO/XX/XXX-mosaicism. Arch Gynecol Obstet 243, 115–118 (1988). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00932978
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