Congenital pulmonary lymphangiectasia

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Congenital pulmonary lymphangiectasia

ORPHA:2414Disease

Also called Pulmonary lymphangiomatosis

What it is

A rare developmental disorder involving the lung and characterized by pulmonary subpleural, interlobar, perivascular, and peribronchial lymphatic dilatation.

Key facts

Age of onset
Neonatal
Inheritance
Autosomal recessive
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

Q33.8filed under a broader ICD-10 category — shared with 1 other rare disease

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

GARD 9900MESH C537727MONDO 0009933OMIM 265300UMLS C1849554

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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