Hereditary myopathy with lactic acidosis

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Hereditary myopathy with lactic acidosis due to ISCU deficiency

ORPHA:43115Disease

Also called ISCU-related myopathy · Myopathy due to succinate dehydrogenase and aconitase deficiency · Myopathy with exercise intolerance, Swedish type

What it is

A rare disorder of energy metabolism characterized clinically by myopathy with severe exercise intolerance, and biochemically by deficiencies of skeletal muscle mitochondrial respiratory chain enzymes, succinate dehydrogenase and aconitase.

Key facts

Prevalence
<1 / 1 000 000
Age of onset
Childhood
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

ISCUDisease-causing germline mutation(s)

ICD-10 codes

G71.3filed under a broader ICD-10 category — shared with 27 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.

Benefit programs to look at

Programs whose eligibility touches the same ICD-10 categories. Eligibility is decided by the administering agency, never by this page.

Cross-references

MESH C564972MONDO 0009706OMIM 255125UMLS C1850718

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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