title: De novo duplication (5)(q31.3q33.3): report of a patient and characterization of the duplicated region using microdissection and FISH.
abstract: We report on a 2-year-old boy presenting with growth and psychomotor retardation and facial anomalies, including a flat face with prominent forehead, a flat nasal bridge and flat occiput, unusually long curved eyelashes, and a thin upper lip with down-turned corners of the mouth. Analysis of GTG-banded chromosomes demonstrated that the patient had extra chromosomal material in the long arm of one chromosome 5. This chromosome aberration was characterized further using microdissection and FISH with band-specific probes and a de novo direct duplication (5)(q31.3q33.3) was shown to be present. We have compared this case with others known to be partially trisomic for chromosome 5q reported in the literature.
authors.affiliation: Research Institute Growth and Development, Department of Clinical Genetics, University of Maastricht, Maastrricht, The Netherlands.
authors.forename: J F
authors.initials: JF
authors.lastname: Sanchez-Garcia
authors.forename: C E
authors.initials: CE
authors.lastname: de Die-Smulders
authors.forename: J W
authors.initials: JW
authors.lastname: Weber
authors.forename: A G
authors.initials: AG
authors.lastname: Jetten
authors.forename: W H
authors.initials: WH
authors.lastname: Loneus
authors.forename: A J
authors.initials: AJ
authors.lastname: Hamers
authors.forename: J J
authors.initials: JJ
authors.lastname: Engelen
mesh_terms: D000015:Abnormalities, Multiple / Q000235:genetics / Q000473:pathology; D000293:Adolescent; D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D002869:Chromosome Aberrations; D002871:Chromosome Banding; D002895:Chromosomes, Human, Pair 5 / Q000235:genetics*; D005145:Face / Q000002:abnormalities; D005260:Female; D020440:Gene Duplication; D006130:Growth Disorders; D006801:Humans; D017404:In Situ Hybridization, Fluorescence; D007223:Infant; D007231:Infant, Newborn; D008297:Male; D011596:Psychomotor Disorders