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  • Mutations on chromosome 19 are rare and lead to variable clinical outcomes due to its high genetic density, potentially causing distinct body system effects and phenotypes.
  • A case study describes a patient with unique symptoms like delayed psychomotor development, severe postnatal delay, dolichocephaly, polyotia, and ocular hypertelorism linked to a deletion on chromosome 19.
  • This report highlights shared clinical manifestations from different cases and emphasizes the significance of the first documented instance of polyotia associated with chromosome 19 deletion in Colombia.

Article Abstract

Mutations at chromosome 19 are rare, and reports in the literature are scarce and clinically variable. This chromosome has a high genetic density, and hence a given deletion can cause distinctive effects on body systems and, in addition, result in a characteristic phenotype.  We report the case of a patient who presented with distinctive signs and symptoms such as delayed psychomotor development, severe postnatal delay, dolichocephaly, polyotia, and ocular hypertelorism. Even though all cases with a chromosome 19 deletion do not present in the same way, they still share some clinical manifestations that should be considered, which prompted us to present a summary of the available literature on the subject. Additionally, to our knowledge, this is the first and only case with polyotia in its phenotype to be reported in Colombia to date.

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