Cri-du-Chat Syndrome

**Definition:** An infantile syndrome characterized by a cat-like cry, failure to thrive, microcephaly, MENTAL RETARDATION, spastic quadriparesis, micro- and retrognathia, glossoptosis, bilateral epicanthus, hypertelorism, and tiny external genitalia. It is caused by a deletion of the short arm of chromosome 5 (5p-).

**Tree numbers:** - C10.597.606.360.180 - C16.131.077.262 - C16.131.260.190 - C16.320.180.190

**Synonyms:** - Crying Cat Syndrome - Chromosome 5p- Syndrome - 5p Deletion Syndrome - Chromosome 5 Short Arm Deletion Syndrome - Deletion of Short Arm of Chromosome 5 Syndrome - 5p- Syndrome - Chromosome 5p Deletion Syndrome - Cat Cry Syndrome - 5p Minus Syndrome