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ORPHA:363705Disease
Also called Cantu craniofaciofrontodigital syndrome
What it is
Craniofaciofrontodigital syndrome is a rare multiple congenital anomalies syndrome characterized by mild intellectual disability, short stature, cardiac anomalies, mild dysmorphic features (macrocephaly, prominent forehead, hypertelorism, exophthalmos), cutis laxa, joint hyperlaxity, wrinkled palms and soles and skeletal anomalies (sella turcica, wide ribs and small vertebral bodies).
Key facts
- Prevalence
- <1 / 1 000 000
- Age of onset
- Neonatal
- Inheritance
- Unknown
- 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.
Signs and symptoms
Very common80–99%
4Common30–79%
23- Cardiomegaly
- Cutis laxa
- Depressed nasal bridge
- Dyspnea
- Edema
- Exercise intolerance
- Gastroesophageal reflux
- Global developmental delay
- Headache
- Hyperintensity of cerebral white matter on MRI
- Hypotonia
- Joint hypermobility
- Long philtrum
- Migraine
- Palmoplantar cutis laxa
- Patent ductus arteriosus
- Pericardial effusion
- Polyhydramnios
- Premature birth
- Premature skin wrinkling
- Prominent superficial veins
- Respiratory distress
- Seizure
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
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
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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