Duplication 3q(q21----qter) without limb anomalies

Am J Med Genet. 1991 Mar 15;38(4):518-22. doi: 10.1002/ajmg.1320380403.

Abstract

We report on a 2.5-month-old boy with hypertelorism, hypertrichosis, anteverted nostrils, malformed ears, thin lips, downturned corners of the mouth, micrognathia, short neck, cryptorchidism, and bilateral simian creases without limb anomalies. Cytogenetic studies showed a duplication 3q----qter 46,XY,der(6),t(3;6)(q21;p25)pat. The absence of limb anomalies is noteworthy; all 12 previously reported patients with the same duplication had limb anomalies. The uniqueness of this report provokes speculations regarding limb morphogenesis in embryos with chromosome anomalies. The concepts of chronogenetics, heterochrony, and developmental field defects appear relevant to yet another set of patients with chromosome anomalies.

Publication types

  • Case Reports
  • Review

MeSH terms

  • Chromosome Banding
  • Chromosomes, Human, Pair 3 / ultrastructure*
  • Chromosomes, Human, Pair 6 / ultrastructure*
  • Humans
  • Infant
  • Limb Deformities, Congenital*
  • Male
  • Multigene Family*
  • Translocation, Genetic