Microdeletion 22q11.2, Kousseff syndrome and spina bifida
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Array Comparative Genomic Hybridization (Array CGH) for Detection of Genomic Copy Number Variants
Published on: February 21, 2015
Mary J Seller1, Shehla Mohammed, Jo Russell
1The Division of Medical and Molecular Genetics, The Guy's, King's and St Thomas' School of Medicine and Dentistry, London, UK. mary.seller@kcl.ac.uk
Abstract:
A fetus was diagnosed on ultrasound scan as having sacral spina bifida and a ventricular septal defect in the heart. At postmortem examination the cardiac defect was found to be a conotruncal abnormality, and there was a cleft palate, some facial dysmorphism as well as the spina bifida. A diagnosis of Kousseff syndrome was made, but detailed cytogenetics subsequently revealed a 22q11.2 deletion. In the light of these findings, and on review of the literature, we suggest that spina bifida is recognized as a feature of the variable phenotype associated with this microdeletion.
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