Monosomy 22 syndrome

What it is

A rare autosomal anomaly syndrome, with a highly variable phenotype, typically characterized by short length, joint abnormalities (e.g. dysplasia, hyperextensibility, contractures, dislocation), congenital cardiac defects, and craniofacial dysmorphism (incl. microcephaly, a high, prominent, narrow and/or hairy forehead, epicanthus, upward-slanting and/or small palpebral fissures, broad, high or depressed nasal bridge and malformed ears). Delayed motor development and intellectual disability is observed in patients not presenting early demise.

Key facts

Age of onset

Neonatal

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

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.

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