Interstitial deletion of 14q24.3-q32.2 in a male patient with plagiocephaly, BPES features, developmental delay, and congenital heart defects

Sultan Cingöz, Iben Bache, Lise Bjerglund, Hans-Hilger Ropers, Niels Tommerup, Hanne Jensen, Karen Brøndum-Nielsen, Zeynep Tümer

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Abstract

Distal interstitial deletions of chromosome 14 involving the 14q24-q23.2 region are rare, and only been reported so far in 20 patients. Ten of these patients were analyzed both clinically and genetically. Here we present a de novo interstitial deletion of chromosome 14q24.3-q32.2 in a male patient with developmental delay, language impairment, plagiocephaly, BPES features (blepharophimosis, ptosis, epicanthus), and congenital heart defect. The deletion breakpoints were fine mapped using fluorescence in situ hybridization (FISH) and the size of the deletion is estimated to be approximately 23¿Mb. Based on genotype-phenotype comparisons of the 10 previously published patients and the present case, we suggest that the shortest regions for deletion overlap may include candidate genes for speech impairment, mental retardation, and hypotonia.
Original languageEnglish
JournalAmerican Journal of Medical Genetics. Part A
Volume155A
Issue number1
Pages (from-to)203-6
Number of pages4
ISSN1552-4825
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 1 Jan 2011

Keywords

  • Abnormalities, Multiple
  • Chromosome Deletion
  • Chromosomes, Human, Pair 14
  • Developmental Disabilities
  • Heart Defects, Congenital
  • Humans
  • In Situ Hybridization, Fluorescence
  • Male
  • Phenotype
  • Plagiocephaly

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