Pfeiffer-Palm-Teller syndrome

What it is

A rare multiple congenital anomalies/dysmorphic syndrome characterized by short stature, small hands and feet, stiff gait, slow movements, high-pitched voice and progressive joint stiffness, particularly in the shoulders, elbows, fingers and hands. Patients typically present with amimic facies with narrow palpebral fissures with epicanthal folds, cup-shaped ears, high-arched palate and enamel hypoplasia. Recurrent bronchitis is frequently observed. Inguinal hernia, clinodactyly and congenital aortic stenosis may also be present. There have been no further descriptions in the literature since 1977.

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

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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