De novo 10q22 interstitial deletion

dWe describe a 4 month old male with a de novo interstitial deletion of chr omosome 10q22. His clinical features included growth deficiency, developmen tal delay, ocular hypertelorism, posteriorly rotated ears, retrognathia, an d fifth finger clinodactyly. He later developed dental lamina cysts of the alveolar ridge. To our knowledge, this is the first reported case of an int erstitial deletion of 10q22.