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Start free with EleplanDistal duplication 17q syndrome
ORPHA:3379Malformation syndrome
Also called Distal trisomy 17q · Telomeric duplication 17q · Trisomy 17qter
What it is
Distal trisomy 17q is a rare chromosomal anomaly syndrome with variable phenotype principally characterized by intellectual disability, developmental delay, short stature, craniofacial dysmorphism (incl. microcephaly, low posterior hairline, frontal bossing, bitemporal narrowing, low-set and malformed ears, flat nasal bridge, long philtrum, wide mouth with downturned corners, thin upper lip) and a short, webbed neck, as well as skeletal anomalies (e.g. brachyrhizomelia, poly-/syndactyly) and joint hyperlaxity. Cardiac, cerebral, and urogenital anomalies are also frequently associated.
Key facts
- Prevalence
- <1 / 1 000 000
- Age of onset
- Neonatal
- Classified as
- Malformation syndrome
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
Common30–79%
27- Abnormal temporal bone morphology
- Blepharophimosis
- Cleft palate
- Cryptorchidism
- Depressed nasal bridge
- Epicanthus
- Episodic vomiting
- Frontal bossing
- Genu valgum
- Hallux valgus
- Hand polydactyly
- High palate
- Hypertelorism
- Low posterior hairline
- Microcephaly
- Micrognathia
- Pectus carinatum
- Pes cavus
- Posteriorly rotated ears
- Rhizomelia
- Severe short stature
- Short columella
- Short philtrum
- Short stature
- Thin upper lip vermilion
- Vesicoureteral reflux
- Wide mouth
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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