J Genet Med.  2011 Jun;8(1):62-66. 10.5734/JGM.2011.8.1.62.

14q32.33 Deletion Identified by array-CGH in a 5-year old-girl with Seizure

• Cheon CK
• Park SJ
• Choi OH

• KMID: 1851093
• DOI: http://doi.org/10.5734/JGM.2011.8.1.62

Abstract

Deletions of 14q including band 14q32.33 are uncommon. Patients with terminal deletions of chromosome 14 usually share a number of clinical features. By molecular techniques (array comparative genomic hybridization (CGH) and fluorescence in situ hybridization (FISH), we identified a young girl with 0.3 Mb terminal 14q32.33 deletion. Review of the nine cases with pure terminal 14q32.3 deletions described to date documented that our observation is the smallest terminal 14q deletion ever reported. The phenotype of our patient is much less severe than the phenotypes of the patients reported previously. We report our experience in examining the clinical, behavioral, and cognitive findings in a 5-year-old girl studied with chromosomal microarray hybridization and reviewed previously reported patients with 14q32 deletions.

Keyword

14q32.33 deletion; Fluorescence in situ hybridization; Array comparative genomic hybridization

MeSH Terms

Chimera
Chromosomes, Human, Pair 14
Comparative Genomic Hybridization
Fluorescence
Humans
In Situ Hybridization
Phenotype
Preschool Child
Seizures