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. 2014 Mar 20;7:23. doi: 10.1186/1755-8166-7-23

Table 1.

Clinical features of four adults with 3q13.31 deletions

  Current report Molin et al. Case 1 Molin et al. Case 8 Shuvarikov et al. Case 6
Age (years)
41
19.5
18
42
Sex
Male
Male
Male
Female
Ethnicity
European
NR
NR
NR
OFC (percentile)
97th
90th
97th
50-75th
Height (percentile)
75th-90th
95th
99th
10-25th
Weight (category)
Overweight
NR
NR
Obese
Neurocognitive
Borderline intellectual disability (VIQ 90, PIQ 62)
[Developmental delay]
[Severe intellectual disability] (FSIQ < 50)
[Borderline intellectual disability] (VIQ 94, PIQ 61)
Speech delay
Yes
No
Yes
Yes
Neuropsychiatric
[Schizophrenia], aggressive behaviour
ADHD
ADHD, some repetitive behaviours
Social and emotional immaturity
Neurologic
Delayed motor development, focal hypoplasia of the superior cerebellar vermis (15 y), enuresis
Hypotonia
Hypotonia
Cerebellar agenesis, EEG abnormalities, hypotonia, enuresis
Musculoskeletal
Bilateral L5-S1 disc protrusion, slight kyphosis
Kyphosis
NR
NR
Genitalia
NA
Small testes (8 ml)
Normal
Small introitus
Craniofacial
Broad neck, facial asymmetry, strabismus, narrow palpebral fissures, long philtrum, narrow high arched palate, flat occiput, frontal and occipital hair whorls (Figure 1)
Dolichocephaly, prominent broad forehead, strabismus, myopia, ptosis, antimongoloid slant, short philtrum, high arched palate, large ears, crowded teeth, soft enamel
Prominent/broad forehead, high arched palate, large fleshy ears, pointed chin
Absent eyebrows, epicanthal folds, down slanting palpebral fissures, ptosis, high palate, nystagmus, microstomia, small teeth, large palatine tori
Hands and feet
Cubitus valgus, bilateral short 4th and 5th metacarpals, narrow feet with mild bilateral clinodactyly and camptodactyly of toes
Small hands, long fingers
Tapering fingers
Pes cavus, middle finger clinodactyly bilaterally
Pregnancy and birth
Uneventful pregnancy, birth weight 3941 g (75th-90th percentile)
NR
Birth weight 3430 g (50-85th percentile)
Placental calcifications, marginally small for dates
Other Insulin dependent Type 2 diabetes mellitus, hypercholesterolemia, hypocalcemia, hypertension NR NR Large angioma in right shoulder, dorsocervical fat pad

OFC, occipital frontal circumference; NR, not reported; NA, not assessed; FSIQ, full scale intelligence quotient; VIQ, verbal intelligence quotient; PIQ, performance intelligence quotient; ADHD, attention deficit hyperactivity disorder; EEG, electroencephalography. Square brackets used to highlight ascertainment feature.