A case of partial 9p monosomy with some unusual clinical features.

A patient is described with a karyotype 46,XX,del(9)(qter leads to p22:) and having the main clinical characteristics of pure monosomy for part of the short arm of chromosome No 9, among which craniosynostosis and trigonocephaly. She has also a few atypical features: a clearly advanced osseous maturation, marked congenital vertebral anomalies and unusual dermatoglyphics.