A New Case of Microdeletion 5q11.2 with Segmental 5q Isodisomy and Review of the Literature

Pecile V^1*, Devescovi R², Cappellani S¹, Faletra F¹ and Lenzini E³

¹Medical Genetics Division, Institute for Maternal and Child Health – IRCCS “Burlo Garofolo”, Trieste, Italy

²Division of Child Neurology and Psychiatry-Institute for Maternal and Child Health – IRCCS “Burlo Garofolo”, Trieste, Italy

³Molecular Cytogenetics Lab, Department of Child and Mother Health, University of Padova, Padova, Italy

*Corresponding Author : Vanna Pecile
Medical Genetics Division, Institute for Maternal and Child Health IRCCS “Burlo Garofolo”, via dell’Istria 65 Trieste, Italy
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E-mail: vanna.pecile@burlo.trieste.it

Received: August 17, 2017 Accepted: September 14, 2017 Published: September 21, 2017

Citation: Pecile V, Devescovi R, Cappellani S, Faletra F, Lenzini E (2017) A New Case of Microdeletion 5q11.2 with Segmental 5q Isodisomy and Review of the Literature. J Genet Disor Genet Rep 6:3. doi: 10.4172/2327-5790.1000160

Deletions of the proximal regions of long arm of chromosome 5 are rare, till date only 10 case reports describing patients with del 5q11.2 are available. Segmental UPD are estimated about 0.6% in the random/general population. Recently Snjiders Blok et al. [1] describe a new microdeletion 5q11.2 syndrome. We report a new case of microdeletion 5q11.1-q11.2 with associated segmental isodisomy 5q11.2-qter, patient presents psychomotor retardation, autism spectrum disorder, patent foramen ovale and speech delay and this case is compared with others reported cases from the literature to contribute for the better understanding of 5q11.2 microdeletion syndrome.