Musculo-mucous web velum and velopharyngeal dysfunction associated with 8q22.1-22.2 microduplication.

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This report presents a rare case of isolated non-cleft velopharyngeal dysfunction (VPD). An eight-year-old child presented 1. a phenotypically unique band-gap pattern of the velar musculature with anteroposterior insertion; 2. a mosaic partial trisomy on chromosome 19 as well as microduplications on chromosomes 8 and 22. Following cytogenetic analysis, microduplication on chromosome 8 was found in another member...

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