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Start free with EleplanOphthalmoplegia-intellectual disability-lingua scrotalis syndrome
ORPHA:2743Malformation syndrome
Also called Levic-Stefanovic-Nikolic syndrome
What it is
A rare, genetic, syndromic intellectual disability disorder characterized by congenital, external, nuclear ophthalmoplegia, lingua scrotalis, progressive chorioretinal sclerosis and intellectual disability. Bilateral ptosis, bilateral facial weakness, Parinaud's syndrome, convergence paresis and myopia may be associated. There have been no further descriptions in the literature since 1975.
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
Very common80–99%
9These 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
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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