9q33.3q34.11 microdeletion syndrome

A partial monosomy of the long arm of chromosome 9 characterized by intellectual disability, developmental delay with pronounced speech delay, short stature, and muscular hypotonia. Common craniofacial dysmorphic features consist of microcephaly, prominent forehead, round face, arched eyebrows, upslanting palpebral fissures, strabismus, short nose, and thin upper lip. Other clinical findings include epilepsy, ataxia, unspecific brain MRI findings, early-onset primary dystonia, nail dysplasia, and bone malformations, in particular patellar abnormalities, epistaxis, and cutaneous-mucous telangiectasias.