Trisomy 5p is a clinically discernable syndrome with characteristic clinica
l features. To date more than 40 patients with trisomy for various regions
of short arm of chromosome 5 have been reported. Here we report a case with
complete trisomy 5p and present a review of the literature. (C) 2000 Editi
ons scientifiques et medicales Elsevier SAS.