child with deletion 9p syndrome presenting with craniofacial dysmorphism, developmental delay, and multiple congenital malformations
;Nirmala D. Sirisena;U. Kalpani S. Wijetunge;Ramya de Silva;Vajira H. W. Dissanayake
journal of food processing and preservation2013Vol. 2013pp. -
149
sirisena2013casechild
Abstract
A 4-month-old Sri Lankan male child case with a de novo terminal deletion in the p22→pter region of chromosome 9 is described. The child presented with craniofacial dysmorphism, developmental delay, and congenital malformations in agreement with the consensus phenotype. A distinctive feature observed in this child was complete collapse of the left lung due to malformation of lung tissue. Cytogenetic studies confirmed terminal deletion of the short arm of chromosome 9 distal to band p22 [46,XY,del(9)(p22→pter)]. This is the first reported case of a de novo deletion 9p syndrome associated with pulmonary hypoplasia. This finding contributes to the widening of the spectrum of phenotypic features associated with deletion 9p syndrome.