Abstract
Terminal deletions of the distal part of the short arm of chromosome 3 cause a wide range of phenotypes from normal to dysmorphic including microcephaly, developmental delay and intellectual disability. We studied the clinical consequences of a terminal deletion of the short arm of chromosome 3 in four generations of a family. The index patient is a14-month-old boy with microcephaly, corpus callosum dysgenesis, and minor dysmorphic features. Single Nucleotide Polymorphism (SNP) array analysis detected a duplication on the long arm of chromosome 6. His apparently healthy mother carries the same 6q duplication, but as an unexpected finding a terminal deletion of 2.9 Mb of the short arm of chromosome 3 was observed. Further co-segregation analysis in the family for the chromosome 3 deletion showed that with the exception of the sister of the index who has autism, speech delay, and learning problems, family members in four generations of this family are carrier of this 3p deletion and apparently healthy. To our knowledge, this is the first report of a study of this terminal 3p deletion in four generations. In this report, we review the literature on terminal 3p deletions and discuss the importance of molecular testing and reporting of copy number variants to achieve accurate genetic counseling in prenatal and postnatal screening.
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