Case Report

3p14 De Novo Interstitial Microdeletion in a Patient with Intellectual Disability and Autistic Features with Language Impairment: A Comparison with Similar Cases

Table 2

Summary of patients with overlapping deletions in 3p14.

PatientDeletion breakpointsDevelopmental delay/IDSpeech impairmentAutistic featuresEar anomaliesFacial dysmorphismsLimb anomaliesOther distinctive features

Present Study 60.461.316–68.515.453SevereYesYes, lack of a social smile, difficulties with eye contact, stereotypic movements Slightly large and detached earsLong face, prominent chin, broad forehead, wide mouth, widely spaced upper front teethNonemotor developmental delay

Okumura et al., [9]
Twins A/B
60.472.496–67.385.119SevereNo expressive language until the last follow-up at 49 months of age.YesLow-set, posterior rotatedArched down-slanting eyebrow, prominent forehead, epicanthic folds, micrognathia, hypertelorism, broad nasal brige, short philtrumCamptodactylyTwin 2: intestinal malrotation, ventriculomegaly

Schwaibold et al., [10]
Twins 1/2
58.224.794–64.571.699Extend no specifiedUndirected double syllables at 2 10/12 years of ageYes (stereotypic movements)Low-set, slightly posterior rotatedArched, downslanting eyebrows, positional plagiocephaly, Twin B: cowlicksTwin B: Thick left thumb with sites for two nailsSevere feeding problems, small stature, Twin B: hydrocephalus, hypoplasia of corpus callosum

Schwaibold et al., [10]
Patient 3
59.443.171–64.162.112Extend no specifiedNo active speech, he follows simple orders at 18 years of ageYes, in his adolescence he started to develop eye contactNoneBroad mouth, prominent chin, widely spaced teeth, deep-set eyes, long slender face, flat occiputHigh tonicity in lower limbsBrain anomalies in MRI

Tao et al., [11]
Patient 6
62.665.527–64.890.116SevereN/MYesN/MN/MN/MEpilepsy

D225054.452.525–65.609.348Extend no specifiedNoneN/MExtend no specifiedWide mouth, high palate, broad forehead, epicanthus, thick eyebrowsCamptodactyly, talipes equinovalgus, valgus, ulnar deviation of handsHigh palate, strabismus

D25045358.717.185–61.696.115Extend no specifiedExtend no specifiedN/MLow-set, posterior rotated, abnormality of the pinnaLow anterior hairline, mandibular prognathism, widely spaced teethN/MNevi, lentigines

D25591862.749.576–63.021.934Extend no specifiedN/MN/MN/MPlagiocephaly2-3 toe syndactylyScrotal hypoplasia

D26000459.813.606–65.296.648Extend no specifiedSevereN/MLow-set, posterior rotatedProminent forehead/fontal bossingClinodactylyNone

nssv160503257.416.265–64.870197Extend no specifiedN/MN/MN/MN/MN/MMuscular hypotonia

nssv57790461.956.521–68.514.983Extend no specifiedN/MN/MN/MN/MN/MN/M

nssv57790254.079.045–66.046.136Extend no specifiedN/MN/MN/MN/MN/MFailure to thrive, microcephaly

N/M: Not mentioned.