Cat eye syndrome is associated with a partial tetrasomy 22q and can be
inherited. The authors have evaluated the marker chromosome in a prob
and and his mother by cytogenetic banding techniques to verify the dic
entric chromosomal rearrangement and by fluorescence in situ hybridiza
tion to confirm the involvement of 22. The mother also had an affected
offspring with an unrelated aneuploidy, trisomy 21.