Interstitial deletion of 17p11.2: case report and review

A child with mental retardation and multiple congenital abnormalities, including brachycephaly, an unusual facies, brachydactyly, clinodactyly and bilateral talipes valgus, was found to have a small interstitial deletion of the short arm of chromosome 17. The clinical features and cytogenetic observations are compared with those in previously reported cases.