title: Brief clinical report: duplication of distal 17q: report of an observation.
abstract: We describe a boy with the syndrome due to dup(17q) resulting from a paternal balanced t(12;17) (q24;q23). The comparison of the clinical findings in our patient with those previously reported shows that the dup(17q23----qter) is associated with a clinically recognizable syndrome. Anomalies present in greater than or equal to 75% of the patients were severe psychomotor retardation; short stature; microcephaly; frontal bossing and temporal retraction; widow's peak; narrow palpebral fissures; flat nasal bridge; thin upper lip overlapping thin lower lip; downturned corners of the mouth; apparently low-set, posteriorly angulated and malformed ears; low posterior hairline; widely spaced nipples; cryptorchidism; proximal limb shortness; and hyperlaxity of limb joints. The translocation carrier father of our patient had a Poland anomaly.
mesh_terms: D000015:Abnormalities, Multiple / Q000235:genetics*; D000328:Adult; D002871:Chromosome Banding; D002902:Chromosomes, Human, 16-18; D005260:Female; D006579:Heterozygote; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D008607:Intellectual Disability / Q000235:genetics*; D007621:Karyotyping; D008297:Male; D010375:Pedigree; D013577:Syndrome; D014178:Translocation, Genetic