Mnemonic

DiGeorge Syndrome Features

Mnemonic for the clinical features of DiGeorge syndrome linked to pharyngeal pouch failure.

Anatomy Head and Neck

Expansion

CATCH-22

Expansion

C - Cardiac abnormalities
A - Abnormal facies
T - Thymic aplasia
C - Cleft palate
H - Hypocalcaemia, from parathyroid hypoplasia
22 - chromosome 22q11 deletion