Phenotypic variation in two patients with a ring chromosome 22.
2008
Two severely mentally retarded patients with a ring chromosome 22 presented with disparate phenotypes: one patient manifested only minimal dysmorphic features, whereas the other had a distinctive pattern of anomalies consisting of an abnormal skull configuration with mild maxillary hypoplasia, a large nose, thick full lips, a protruding tongue, lymphedema, hypotonia and an unsteady gait. The findings in these and previously reported patients indicate that a ring chromosome 22 is usually associated with moderate to severe mental retardation, with a range of dysplastic features from mild and nonspecific to more marked and distinctive.
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