FLNA-related X-linked myxomatous valvular dysplasia

What it is

A rare genetic cardiac malformation characterized by progressive myxomatous degeneration predominantly of the mitral valve (but not uncommonly with multivalvular involvement), presenting as valve thickening and dysfunction with variable stenosis, prolapse, and/or regurgitation, and potentially resulting in lethal heart failure. Hyperextensible skin and joint hypermobility have been reported in some patients. Hemizygous males display a more severe phenotype than heterozygous females.

Key facts

Prevalence

<1 / 1 000 000

Age of onset

Neonatal

Inheritance

X-linked recessive

Classified as

Morphological anomaly

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.

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