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Start free with EleplanProgressive deafness with stapes fixation
ORPHA:3235Malformation syndrome
Also called Progressive hearing loss with stapes fixation · Stapedo-vestibular ankylosis · Thies-Reis syndrome
What it is
Stapes fixation (stapediovestibular ankylosis) is a hearing loss condition that appears as a consequence of annular ligament destruction followed by excessive connective tissue production during the healing process. This condition is mainly observed in otosclerosis, but is also found in chronic otitis media with tympanosclerosis, and other rare bone diseases such as Paget's disease and osteogenesis imperfecta (Lobstein disease).
Key facts
- Age of onset
- Childhood
- Inheritance
- Autosomal recessive
- 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
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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