CATCH 22 syndrome

English

Etymology

The salient features of DiGeorge syndrome can be summarized by the mnemonic CATCH 22 (an allusion to Catch-22, a 1961 novel by Joseph Heller):

  • Cardiac defects,
  • Abnormal facies,
  • Thymic aplasia,
  • Cleft palate,
  • Hypocalcemia/hypoparathyroidism, and
  • 22q11.2 deletion.

Noun

CATCH 22 syndrome (countable and uncountable, plural CATCH 22 syndromes)

  1. (pathology, informal) Synonym of DiGeorge syndrome
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