Early-onset seizures-distal limb anomalies-facial dysmorphism-global developmental delay syndrome

What it is

A rare genetic multiple congenital anomalies/dysmorphic syndrome characterized by variable developmental delay, intellectual disability, early-onset seizures, and facial dysmorphism (including arched eyebrows, long palpebral fissures, prominent nasal bridge, large ears, thin upper lip, and high arched palate). Other reported features are microcephaly, hypotonia, growth retardation, congenital heart defects, and malformations of the fingers and toes, as well as additional neurologic manifestations (such as ataxia or spastic quadriplegia). Brain imaging may show hypoplastic corpus callosum, white matter abnormalities, or cortical atrophy.

Key facts

Prevalence

<1 / 1 000 000

Age of onset

Infancy

Inheritance

Autosomal recessive

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

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.

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.

Cross-references