Neutral lipid storage disease

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Neutral lipid storage disease with ichthyosis

ORPHA:98907Disease

Also called CDS · Chanarin-Dorfman syndrome · DCS · Dorfman-Chanarin syndrome · NLSDI

What it is

A form of autosomal recessive neutral lipid storage disease characterized by the accumulation of lipid vacuoles in granulocytes (so-called Jordan's anomaly) and a variety of other cell types. Clinically, the skin symptoms with ichthyosiform erythroderma and scaling are initially in the foreground. Later, steatosis hepatis, hepatomegaly and muscle weakness develop. Other manifestations include growth delay, cataracts, sensorineural hearing loss, intellectual disability and bowel disease.

Key facts

Prevalence
<1 / 1 000 000 (Europe)
Age of onset
Infancy, Neonatal
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.

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

ABHD5Disease-causing germline mutation(s)

ICD-10 codes

E75.5filed under a broader ICD-10 category — shared with 6 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.

Cross-references

GARD 3979MESH C536560MONDO 0010155OMIM 275630UMLS C0268238

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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