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ORPHA:60030Malformation syndrome
Also called Aortic aneurysm syndrome due to TGF-beta receptors anomalies
What it is
Loeys-Dietz syndrome is a rare genetic connective tissue disorder characterized by a broad spectrum of craniofacial, vascular and skeletal manifestations with four genetic subtypes described forming a clinical continuum.
Key facts
- Age of onset
- Antenatal, Infancy, Neonatal
- Inheritance
- Autosomal dominant, Autosomal recessive
- Classified as
- Malformation syndrome
Signs and symptoms
Very common80–99%
8Common30–79%
18Sometimes5–29%
11- Abnormal bleeding
- Bruising susceptibility
- Cardiac arrest
- Eosinophilic infiltration of the esophagus
- Joint dislocation
- Mitral regurgitation
- Myopia
- Pectus carinatum
and 3 more in this range
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.
Genes
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
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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