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ORPHA:1449Malformation syndrome
Also called Ring 7 · Ring chromosome 7
What it is
Ring chromosome 7 syndrome is a rare chromosomal anomaly syndrome, with highly variable phenotype, principally characterized by growth failure, short stature, intellectual disability, dermatological abnormalities (nevus flammeus, dark pigmented nevi, café-au-lait spots), microcephaly and facial dysmorphism (incl. facial asymmetry, small ears, abnormal palpebral fissures, ptosis, epicanthic folds, hyper/hypotelorism). Additional reported features include convulsions, cleft lip and palate, clinodactyly, kyphoscoliosis and genital anomalies (i.e. cryptorchidism, hypospadias, micropenis).
Key facts
- Prevalence
- <1 / 1 000 000
- Age of onset
- Antenatal, 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%
29- Abnormality of the face
- Abnormality of the posterior cranial fossa
- Bilateral ptosis
- Brachycephaly
- Cerebral cortical atrophy
- Downslanted palpebral fissures
- Epicanthus
- Flat face
- Flat forehead
- Highly arched eyebrow
- Hypogonadism
- Hypospadias
- Hypotelorism
- Low anterior hairline
- Malar flattening
- Microcephaly
- Motor delay
- Narrow mouth
- Prominent crus of helix
- Prominent nasal bridge
- Severe global developmental delay
- Severe intrauterine growth retardation
- Short philtrum
- Short stature
- Small earlobe
- Speech articulation difficulties
- Thin vermilion border
- Unilateral ptosis
- Wide nasal bridge
Common30–79%
6Sometimes5–29%
15- Abnormal cerebellum morphology
- Anteverted nares
- Cafe-au-lait spot
- Cleft palate
- Esotropia
- Facial hemangioma
- Genu valgum
- Hydrocele testis
and 7 more in this range
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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