A Case of Slight Anemia with the Long Arm Interstitial Deletion of No. 5 Chromosome (46, XY, 5q-)

Abstract

A case of the long arm deletion of a no. 5 chromosome (46, XY, del (5) (q15q31)) is presented. The patient is a fouryear and five-month old boy, and showed slight anemia and leukopenia together with developmental retardation with slight malformations. His mother, father, eldest sister and elder brother are physically and karyotypically normal.