Progressive microcephaly-seizures-cortical blindness-developmental delay syndrome

What it is

Progressive microcephaly-seizures-cortical blindness-developmental delay syndrome is a rare, genetic, neuro-ophthalmological syndrome characterized by post-natal, progressive microcephaly and early-onset seizures, associated with delayed global development, bilateral cortical visual impairment and moderate to severe intellectual disability. Additional manifestations include short stature, generalized hypotonia and pulmonary complications, such as recurrent respiratory infections and bronchiectasis. Auditory and metabolic screenings are normal.

Key facts

Prevalence

<1 / 1 000 000

Age of onset

Infancy

Inheritance

Autosomal recessive

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.

Gene

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.

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