[Ring chromosome 18 46,XY,r(18)]

Authors report a ring chromosome 18 (18 r) in a four year old boy, with low birth weight, retarded growth and development, microcephaly and plagiocephaly, horizontal nystagmus, ambiguous genitalia, clinodactyly of the fifth finger, distal axial triradius, whorls pattern in 8 fingers in dermatoglyphic. Serum IgA is lower than 3 mg/dl. Parents karyotype is normal.