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ORPHA:2719Malformation syndrome
Also called Cross syndrome
What it is
Oculocerebral hypopigmentation syndrome, Cross type is a rare congenital syndrome characterized by cutaneous and ocular hypopigmentation, various ocular anomalies (e.g. corneal and lens opacity, spastic ectropium, and/or nystagmus), growth deficiency, intellectual deficit and other progressive neurologic anomalies such as spastic tetraplegia, hyperreflexia, and/or athetoid movements. The clinical picture varies among patients and may also include other anomalies such as urinary tract abnormalities, Dandy-Walker malformations, and/or bilateral inguinal hernia.
Key facts
- Prevalence
- <1 / 1 000 000
- Age of onset
- Neonatal
- Classified as
- Malformation syndrome
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
Common30–79%
27- Abnormality of extrapyramidal motor function
- Abnormality of movement
- Abnormality of the eye
- Abnormality of vision
- Abnormal pyramidal sign
- Anemia
- Anteverted nares
- Aplasia/Hypoplasia affecting the eye
- Arachnodactyly
- Ataxia
- Cataract
- Corneal opacity
- Cryptorchidism
- Depressed nasal bridge
- Dolichocephaly
- Ectropion
- EEG abnormality
- Growth delay
- Hyperreflexia
- Limitation of joint mobility
- Microdontia
- Narrow mouth
- Nystagmus
- Ocular albinism
- Short nose
- Spasticity
- Spastic tetraplegia
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.
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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