%A Ogonor, Ejiroghene %A Sadoh, Wilson %T DiGeorge syndrome with microdeletion of chromosome 21 %9 Case Report %D 2018 %J Port Harcourt Medical Journal %R 10.4103/phmj.phmj_22_17 %P 147-150 %V 12 %N 3 %U https://www.phmj.org/article.asp?issn=0795-3038;year=2018;volume=12;issue=3;spage=147;epage=150;aulast=Ogonor %8 September 1, 2018 %X DiGeorge syndrome consists of abnormalities of the parathyroid, thymus and the kidneys. It also includes facial dysmorphism and cardiac defects. It is caused by a microdeletion of the long arm of chromosome 22 and occasionally chromosome 10. The case of a 12-week-old female infant with low set ears, retrognathia, micrognathia, high-arched palate, right-sided aortic arch, hypocalcaemia and truncus arteriosus which are all typical of DiGeorge syndrome and an unusual microdeletion of chromosome 21 is presented. %0 Journal Article %I Wolters Kluwer Medknow Publications %@ 0795-3038