Fetal methylmercury syndrome

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Fetal methylmercury syndrome

ORPHA:1917Malformation syndrome

Also called Congenital Minamata disease · Fetal methylmercury poisoning · Intrauterine methylmercury poisoning · Prenatal methylmercury poisoning

What it is

A toxic embryofetopathy characterized by a group of symptoms with unspecific neurologic involvement that may be observed in a foetus or newborn when the mother was exposed during pregnancy to excessive amounts of methylmercury.

Key facts

Age of onset
Antenatal, Neonatal
Inheritance
Not applicable
Classified as
Malformation syndrome

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

T56.1filed under a broader ICD-10 category — shared with 2 other rare diseases

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

GARD 3575MONDO 0016013UMLS C0265376

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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