Table 1

Clinical characteristics of patients with a deletion of the long arm of chromosome 16 including 16q12.1 or 16q13

Present case
q11.2q21
Reference
12171825111619
q12.1q13
(twins)
q12.1
(sibs)
q11.1q13q12.1q13q13q13q13q21
Auricular malformation++ ++ ++++++
Deafness?+ −− −?SNSN
HandsPolydactSmallT TSmallSCSCSmallPolydact
Heart defects+− +− −+++
Anal malformations++ −− −Ectopic+
Kidney hypo/agenesis+− −+ +?++
Malposition of toes++ ++ ++++
  • SN = sensorineural deafness; polydact = preaxial polydactyly; T = proximally placed thumbs; SC = simian creases.