Monosomy 5p

Monosomy 5p, also known as Cri du chat syndrome, is a rare autosomal deletion syndrome characterized by a mewing cry (cri du chat) in infancy, multiple congenital anomalies, intellectual disability, microcephaly, and facial dysmorphism.

Spina bifida

Incomplete closure of the embryonic neural tube, whereby some vertebral arches remain unfused and open. The mildest form is spina bifida occulta, followed by meningocele and meningomyelocele.


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PMID (PMCID)
27343325
MIXED_SAMPLE Infant, Newborn
Recurrent fetal syndromic spina bifida associated with 3q26.1-qter duplication and 5p13.33-pter deletion due to familial balanced rearrangement.
Preiksaitiene E, Benuien E, Ciuladaite Z, liuas V, Miktien V, Kuinskas V.
Taiwan J Obstet Gynecol. 2016;55(3):410-4.
Our report serves to emphasize the consistency in the prenatal sonographic feature of spina bifida in consecutive pregnancies with fetuses associated with partial trisomy 3q (3q26.1-qter) and partial monosomy 5p (5p13.33-pter).