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At least 40 OMIM genes located in the 7q34-7q36.3 region act as candidate genes for these phenotypes, of which <jats:italic>SHH<\/jats:italic>, <jats:italic>EN2<\/jats:italic>, <jats:italic>KCNH2<\/jats:italic>, <jats:italic>RHEB<\/jats:italic>, <jats:italic>HLXB9<\/jats:italic>, <jats:italic>EZH2<\/jats:italic>, <jats:italic>MNX1<\/jats:italic> and <jats:italic>LIMR1<\/jats:italic> may be the most important. In this study, we discuss the case of a 2.5-year-old male patient with multiple malformations, congenital brain dysplasia, developmental delay, and intellectual disability. A high-resolution genome-wide single nucleotide polymorphism array and real-time polymerase chain reaction were performed to detect genetic lesions. A <jats:italic>de novo<\/jats:italic> 9.4\u00a0Mb deletion in chromosome region 7q35-7q36.3 (chr7:147,493,985\u2013156,774,460) was found. This chromosome region contains 68 genes, some of which are candidate genes for each phenotype. To the best of our knowledge, this is a rare case report of 7q terminal deletion syndrome in a Chinese patient. 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