Deafness-encephaloneuropathy-obesity-valvulopathy syndrome

What it is

Deafness-encephaloneuropathy-obesity-valvulopathy syndrome is a rare mitochondrial disease with marked clinical variability typically characterized by encephalomyopathy, kidney disease (nephrotic syndrome), optic atrophy, early-onset deafness, pancytopenia, obesity, and cardiac disease (valvulopathy). Additionally, macrocephaly, intellectual disability, hyperlactatemia, elevated lactate/pyruvate ratio, insulin-dependent diabetes, livedo reticularis, liver dysfunction and seizures have also been associated.

Key facts

Prevalence

<1 / 1 000 000

Age of onset

Infancy, Neonatal

Inheritance

Autosomal recessive

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

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.

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