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Start free with EleplanLaryngotracheoesophageal cleft type 3
ORPHA:93940Clinical subtype
Also called LTEC III · LTEC3 · Laryngo-tracheo-esophageal cleft type 3
What it is
A congenital respiratory tract anomaly characterized by a cleft extending through the cricoid cartilage, sometimes into the cervical trachea, with severe swallowing disorders, lung infections and pulmonary damage.
Key facts
- Prevalence
- <1 / 1 000 000
- Age of onset
- Infancy, Neonatal
- Classified as
- Clinical subtype
Recorded for the broader condition
- Inheritance
- Autosomal dominant, Not applicableLaryngotracheoesophageal cleft
Orphanet records these for the broader condition rather than for this specific form. They are a starting point, not a figure for this subtype — subtypes often differ, and some are defined by being rarer than the condition they sit under.
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.
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.
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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