Born at term after
uneventful pregnancy; birth w: 3,800g;
at 6y: DD (sitting not before 1y); at 13
y no walking without support); severely
MR with autistic symptoms, no speech;
general muscular hypotonia in
combination with ataxia; growth
retardation weight -2 SD, but normal
height (+1 SD); dysmorphic face (cleft
palate, long face with small,
up-slanting palpebral fissures, long
nose, small chin, featureless philtrum,
micrognathia, high arched palate).
Delivery by
cesarean section and breech position of
fetus; born at 36 weeks; birth w: 2,600g; l:
47.5cm; at 1y DD (sitting; standing with
support); delay of ~6m in development;
dysmorphic face (asymmetric skull with
plagiocephaly, flat occiput; double vertex
hair whorl, epicantal folds, slight
hypertelorism, protuberant eyes);
clinodactyly of 4th toes; general hypotonia;
anxious and over excitable behavior
pregnancy
complicated by mat. hypertension; birth w:
2,727g; l: 48cm; APGAR 5/10; at birth:
bilateral glaucoma; at 4 m: failure to
thrive; at age of 23 m no sitting or
walking, growth retardation: weight and
length <3rd centile; at 3.5y: cataract
formation in right eye; at age of 8.5y
seizures started; at age of 15y: confined to
wheelchair; severe psychomotor retardation;
small and short stature; microcephaly;
megalocornea; dysmorphic face (up slanted
palpebral fissures, short philtrum, cupped
ears).
01-
W- p13.3/
1-1
°°°
male/
4.25y
PBL/ buccal
mucosa
de novo
47,XY,+r[7]/
46,XY[43]
in buccal mucosa 3 signals in 9%
FISH-probe cannot be mapped
Prenatal:
normal in week 20; birth by cesarean section
due to breech position + umbilical cord
compression in week 42; birth w: 3,025g
(10th centile); l: 51cm (50th centile); OFC:
34cm (10-25th centile); APGAR 9/10/-; motor
development and global development delayed
(walking 3y; no speech up to 3.5y); at 4.25y
w 14kg (3rd centile), h 106cm (50th
centile); microcephaly; dysmorphic face
(myopatic face with open mouth at rest, mild
ptosis, mild hypertelorism, slight
down-slating palpebral fissures, epicanthic
folds, over folded helices with mild ear
protrusion); short 5th finger with
clinodactyly, congenital hypotonia, hyper
extensibility of joints, severely MR,
attention deficit disorder, auto aggressive
episodes, autistic symptoms.
amniocentesis
due to advanced maternal age; due to sSMC
termination of pregnancy at 26 weeks;
autopsy: deep set infra-orbital creases,
blepharophimosis, hypertelorism, broad nose,
long philtrum, big mouth, bilat.
camptodactyly, liver hypoplasia
01-
W- p13.3/
4-1
°°°
n.a./
prenatal
fibro
(from fetus
after TOP)
de novo
47,U,+mar[57%]/
46,U[43%]
r(1)(::p13.3→q1?::)*
FISH: size >13.7 MB -
>107 to centromere region [hg18]
n.a. and
subcenM with 3 BACs
IUGR of ~2 weeks, single
umbilical artery, heart with small
echogenic intracardiac focus, no other
fetal anomalies noted in ultrasound at 18
2/7 weeks, TOP
in AF:
48[13]/47[7]
PBL:
48,XY,+mar1, mar 2[20]/
47,XY,+mar1
or 47,XY,+mar2[7]/
46,XY[3]
mar1: min(1)(:p13.2→q11:)
distal probe in 1p: RP11-315M1
114.3 MB to centromere region [hg19])
mar2: der(1)(:p11→q21.1:)
distal clone in q RP11-20J19
centromere to 143.5 Mb
different
cep probes. different BAC probes
Advanced
maternal age and cleft palate prenatal. At
term birth; w: 3,230g, unilateral cleft lip
and palate, hypoplastic aortic arch,
ventricular septal defect, patent ductus
arteriousus.
Born at term
after uneventful pregnancy (at 41 weeks);
birth w: 3,035g; l: 47,5cm; OFC: 34cm;
hypertonic crisis with cyanosis 48 h after
birth, and afterwards alternate hypotonia
episodes with irritability crisis. With 3 m
w of 4,250 g (5-10th centile), l 38cm
(10-25th centile), dysmorphic face (mild
facial angioma, low set ears, thin upper lip
with a prominent philtrum,
blepharophimosis); thin skin with eczemas;
DD, psychomotor delay
01-
W- p12/ 2-1
°°°
female/
1.5y
PBL
de novo
47,XX,+mar[15]
min(1)(:p12→q12:) FISH: no telomere signals
aCGH: 112.435112 MB to centromere [hg19]
cenM
subcenM
telomere-FISH
aCGH
psychomotor
retardation; dysplasia of the kidney;
seizures; retinal bleeding; chronically
bronchitis.
During
pregnancy kidney problems of the mother;
born 6 week preterm; birth w 2,250g;
torticollis spasmodicum corrected at 10m;
MR, focal epilepsy due to
Arnold-Chiari-syndrome since 18m; w at 19y:
93kg = >P97; h: 172cm; OFC: 55.5cm;
facial dysmorphism (asymmetry of the skull,
hypertelorism, dysmorphic ears); sec.
amenorrhea due to climacteric praecox caused
by hormonal insufficiency
01-
W- p12/ 2-3
°°°
female/
1m
PBL
de novo
47,XX,+mar[15%]/
46,XX[85%]
r(1)(::p12→q12::)*
midi;
different FISH-probes:
D1Z1; probe BAC923C6 in 1p12 and RR6 in 1q12
large
protruding tongue, small ventricular septal
defect at birth, at age of 2y normal
development
Birth w
2,300g, subsequent feeding problems; severe
DD: no speech; generalized epilepsy (since
childhood); since age of 12y psoriasis
vulgaris; short stature (150 cm)
microcephaly (HC 48 cm); dysmorphic face
(asymmetric, low frontal hairline, ptosis,
epicanthic folds prominent lips); mild
camptodactyly of the fingers, short toes;
has a full range of movements but has
difficulty in mobility. CT scan:
cortico-subcortical atrophy with wide
ventricles and sulci.
Born in week
38 of gestation. Birth w: 2,650g; at 1y mild
DD and physical abnormalities; at 2y started
walking but not speaking. Dysmorphic face
(microcephaly, hypertelorism, almond like
palpebral fissure, protruding eyes,
anteverted nostrils); brachyclinodactyly of
5th fingers, tapering fingers.
01-
W- p12/ 2-6
°°°
n.a./
n.a.
PBL
n.a.
47,U,+mar[100%]
mar(1)(::p12→q12::)*
aCGH: 120.49 MB to centromere [hg19]
aCGH
DD MR;
epicantal folds, low set ears, autistic
features
Born at term
after uneventful pregnancy apart from
polyhydramnion; excessive drooling ups up to
4y of age; atopic dermatitis, DD in all
motor skills, at 10y poor concentration
ability and inattentive, dysmorphic face
(telecanthus, flat nasal bridge, up slanting
palpebral fissures, prominent and swollen
eyelids, midface recessed, long philtrum,
low-set ears, high arched palate, short neck
and low posterior hairline, HC at 98.
centile); language delay; mental handicap
01-
W- p12/ 4-1
°°°
male/
prenatal
AF
de novo
47,XY,+mar[13]/
46,XY[8]
mar detected also in skin, lung, heart, and
kidney
inv dup(1)
(:q12→p12::p12→q12:)* FISH-probe
data not available
midi;
subcenM;
M-FISH
AMA; normal
ultrasound, TOP in 25th week; Autopsy:
slight craniofacial dysmorphism, bilateral
camptodactyly, rocker bottom feet, but no
organ malformation.
DD; no
walking or speaking at 33 months of age,
although she does point, smile, and use some
signs to communicate; dysmorphic features;
strabismus; hyperopia; hydronephrosis;
normal growth parameters at 15 and 33 months
of age.
01-
W- p11.2/ 2-1
before: 01-W-p11.2/2-2
°°°
male/
prenatal
CH
de novo
47,XY,+mar[10]/
46,XY[16]
mar(1)(:p11.2→q1?:)*
aCGH data not available
cep; array
CGH
CVS due to
cystic hygroma, TOP in week 26; pathology:
dolichocephaly, high forehead, nose with
large nares, deep set infra-orbital creases,
ears not hemmed, 5th toe camptodactyly, long
toes and fingers, excess skin. nuchal edema
Caesarian
section at 32 weeks after IUGR; APGAR 8/9;
at birth: w 910g (<3rd centile), l 34 cm
(<3rd centile), OFC 27 cm (5th centile);
at birth severe respiratory distress. At 14m
all values persisted <3rd or ~5th
centile. Psychomotor retardation, facial
dysmorphism (face triangular with high
forehead, frontal bossing, sparse eyebrows,
long eyelashes, ectropion, anteverted
nostrils, long philtrum, thin upper lip,
high-arched palate, and small pointed chin,
ears low-set with flat antihelices), body
asymmetry and hypoplastic right side; pectus
excavatum; cryptorchidism.
01-
W- p11.1/ 1-1
female/
8y
PBL
de novo
47,XX,+mar[8]/
46,XX[12]
min(1)(:p11.1→q12:)
cenM
subcenM
Born at 7th
month; w: 2,350g, l 46cm; twin brother
compared to which patient is retarded; no
malformations apart from dysmorphic face and
mild psychomotor retardation
Born in 38.
week after normal pregnancy; w: 3,050g; at 8
months: psychomotor DD; at 12 month:
sitting, at 14 month: corpus callosum
agenesis (MRI); at 27 months standing, MR;
dysmorphic face (prominent forehead,
irregular hair line, epicanthus on both
side, markedly broad nasal root);
clinodactyly of fifth finger, syndactyly
between toes II and III, lateral deviation
of feet and toes. Family history: Mother
with cleft lip at birth. Father: severe CMV
infection at the time of conception, the
antibody titer of the mother during the
pregnancy was normal/borderline
r(1)(::p11.1→q21.1::)
RP11-35B4 on sSMC
(centromere to 145.5 MB [hg19])
cenM
subcenM
Born at 36
week by cesarean section; podalic
presentation; w: 2,240g (3-25th centile), l:
43.5 cm (10-25th centile), OFC: 31 cm
(10-25th centile). DYS (repaired cleft lip,
big and low-set ears, microretrognatia);
angioma in the back.
born with w:
2,960g, l: 49.5cm HC: 32cm; resuscitation
needed postnatal due to severe respiratory
distress; dysmorphic face (long philtrum,
low hairline; high arched palate);
limbgridle muscular hypotrophy; hypospadias
with undescended testicles; bilateral
club-foot; intestinal occlusion due to
volvulus; infant died at 22 m.
01-
W- p11.1/ 2-4
°°°
female/
2m
PBL
de novo
47,XX,+mar[30%]/
46,XX[70%]
min(1)(:p11.1→q11:)[50%]/
min(1)(:p11.1→q21.1:)[50%]
RP11-35B4 on sSMC
(centromere to 145.5 MB [hg19])
cenM,
subcenM
IUGR; birth
at 29th week due to anhydramnion; congenital
malformations: hypertrophic cardiomypathy,
small mandible, dysmorphic face (dysplastic
low set ears), limited joint movement; child
died at 2 months of age
Heart defect
detected in ultrasound - coarctation of
aorta in week 20; holes in wall between
chambers in week 24; TOP, postmortem report:
no external or intracranial anomalies,
apparently normal cardiac connections with
probable tubular hypoplasia of aortic arch
and coarctation at ductal level (weight:
1,975g, OFC: 31.5 cm); horseshoe kidney.
Pregnancy
complicated with high fever of unknown
origin in 3rd month; delivery at term by
cesarean section because of pelvic
presentation; w: 2,900g; walking at 30m; at
37m height between 80.-90. centile, OFC at
60. centile, weight 17.5kg; dysmorphic face
(round face, very low hair line, frontal
hypertrichosis, thin curved eyebrows,
slanting palpebral fissures, short wide
nasal bridge, cavernous hemangiomas on right
nasal side, anteverted nostrils, long wide
philtrum, fish shaped mouth); short hands an
feet, bilateral clinodactyly 5
01-
W- p11/ 2-1
male/
prenatal;
newborn
AF and PBL
de novo
47,XY,+mar[19]/
46,XY[1]
in PBL mar in 26/30 metaphases
Advanced
maternal age; born at term by cesarean
section and phenotypically normal. At 2
years was noted to have mild speech delay;
had a raised strawberry hemangiomas in
center of chest, but otherwise
phenotypically normal.
DD,
macrocephaly, dysmorphic face (asymmetry,
small down turned palpebral fissures, high and
narrow palate, micrognathia), short neck, a
heart defect, and unilateral renal agenesis.
Pierre Robin
syndrome with cleft palate, scoliosis,
bilateral rneatal hypoplasia of the ear
canals, hypertrophic obstructive
cardiomyopathy, Wolff-Parkinson-White
syndrome, severe mental retardation, and
cerebral apalsy. Ophthalmologic
examination revealed myopia and astigmatism
Excessively
wrinkled skin, mild micro/brachycephaly with
mild hydrocephalus and slightly small temporal
lobes, apparently low-set ears,
retro/micrognathia and cleft soft palate
(Pierre-Robin anomaly,) patent ductus
arteriousus and foramen ovale, pulmonary
hypoplasia, eventration of the left
hemidiaphragm, right cryptorchidism, a sacral
dimple, flexion contractures of fingers and
knees, and equinovarus deformities of both
feet
FISH with all centromeric probes:
D1Z1; BAC923C6 in 1p12, RR6 in
1q12; midi-probe of case D {8}
Delayed speech and dysmorphic face
(long face, ear-lobule creases, slightly
up-slanting palpebral fissures, long nose
with broad nasal bridge, mild micrognathia),
bilateral clinodactyly of the 5th fingers
and inverted nipples.
Born at term
(weight: 3,150g = 25th centile, OFC 31 cm =
<10th centile), seizures from 4 months of
age; at 2y no speech, gross motor delay,
dysmorphic face (brachycephaly, asymmetric
epicanthic folds, mild hypertelorism, thick
bushy eyebrows, brachycephaly); at 5y
walking but no speech; at 9y still speech
and gross motor delay, epilepsy and behavior
similar to Rett-syndrome.