title: Partial duplication 8p due to interstitial duplication: inv dup(8)(p21.1----p22). Further delineation of the phenotype from birth to adulthood.
abstract: We report on 2 patients, less than age 5 years, and one adult patient with partial duplication 8p, due to interstitial duplication of bands 8p21.1-22. The phenotype in young and adult patients with this chromosomal unbalance syndrome is further documented. In young patients the craniofacial manifestations are very similar to trisomy 8 mosaicism. However, mental retardation is much more pronounced in 8p21-22 duplication than in trisomy 8 mosaicism. The phenotypic changes observed in adult patients are probably secondary and they are due to the great neurologic deficit with generalized spasticity and hypertonia.
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D002478:Cells, Cultured; D002675:Child, Preschool; D002869:Chromosome Aberrations; D002871:Chromosome Banding; D025063:Chromosome Disorders; D002898:Chromosomes, Human, Pair 8; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D007621:Karyotyping; D008214:Lymphocytes / Q000166:cytology; D008297:Male; D014314:Trisomy