Carney complex-trismus-pseudocamptodactyly…

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Carney complex-trismus-pseudocamptodactyly syndrome

ORPHA:319340Disease

Also called Carney complex variant

What it is

Carney complex-trismus-pseudocamptodactyly syndrome is a rare genetic heart-hand syndrome characterized by typical manifestations of the Carney complex (spotty pigmentation of the skin, familial cardiac and cutaneous myxomas and endocrinopathy) associated with trismus and distal arthrogryposis (presenting as involuntary contraction of distal and proximal interphalangeal joints of hands evident only on dorsiflexion of wrist and similar lower-limb contractures producing foot deformities).

Key facts

Prevalence
<1 / 1 000 000
Age of onset
Neonatal
Inheritance
Not applicable
Classified as
Disease

Prevalence figures describe populations, not individuals, and are often estimates from a single study. Where the figure is an incidence or a birth prevalence, it says so.

Gene

MYH8Disease-causing germline mutation(s)

ICD-10 codes

Q68.8filed under a broader ICD-10 category — shared with 29 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.

Cross-references

MONDO 0012137OMIM 608837UMLS C4553889

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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