Blue diaper syndrome

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Blue diaper syndrome

ORPHA:94086Disease

Also called Drummond syndrome · Familial hypercalcemia-nephrocalcinosis-indicanuria syndrome

What it is

A rare inborn error of metabolism characterized by early-onset diarrhea, fever, recurrent hypoglycemia, hypercalcemia with nephrocalcinosis, metabolic acidosis, and indicanuria due to bacterial degradation of malabsorbed tryptophan with excessive indole production which, upon oxidation to indigo blue, causes bluish discoloration of urine spots in the diaper of the affected infant.

Key facts

Age of onset
Infancy, Neonatal
Classified as
Disease

Signs and symptoms

These ranges are how often a sign appears across everyone diagnosed, not a prediction for one person — most people have some of these and not others. Orphanet also records findings that are specifically absent in this disease; those are in the data but not listed here.

ICD-10 codes

E70.8filed under a broader ICD-10 category — shared with 7 other rare diseases

ICD-10 has no distinct code for most rare diseases, so many are filed under the nearest available one. A shared code identifies the group, not this disease — the ORPHAcode above is what identifies it.

Related health topics

Reached through the ICD-10 categories this disease is filed under, so these describe the broader group rather than this disease specifically.

Cross-references

GARD 5939MESH C536239MONDO 0008877OMIM 211000UMLS C0268478

Orphadata Science: Free access data from Orphanet. © INSERM 1999. Data version 2026-06-23. Available under CC BY 4.0. This is a reference, not medical advice.

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