Rare diseases · Sign or symptom
Gastrostomy tube feeding in infancy
HP:0011471
What it means
Feeding problem necessitating gastrostomy tube feeding.
This is an extremely severe form of feeding problems in infancy.
Rare diseases that can present with this59
Common30–79%
15- Agammaglobulinemia-microcephaly-craniosynostosis-severe dermatitis syndrome
- Autosomal dominant generalized epidermolysis bullosa simplex, severe form
- CDKL5-deficiency disorder
- Cerebrofacioarticular syndrome
- Cognitive impairment-coarse facies-heart defects-obesity-pulmonary involvement-short stature-skeletal dysplasia syndrome
- Congenital muscular dystrophy-respiratory failure-skin abnormalities-joint hyperlaxity syndrome
- Early-onset progressive encephalopathy-hearing loss-pons hypoplasia-brain atrophy syndrome
- Gabriele-de Vries syndrome
- Infantile-onset axonal motor and sensory neuropathy-optic atrophy-neurodegenerative syndrome
- Isolated congenital hypoglossia/aglossia
- MECP2-related severe neonatal encephalopathy
- Orofaciodigital syndrome type 14
- RNF13-related severe early-onset epileptic encephalopathy
- Syndromic multisystem autoimmune disease due to Itch deficiency
- X-linked intellectual disability-limb spasticity-retinal dystrophy-arginine vasopressin deficiency
Sometimes5–29%
39- ALG12-CDG
- Alobar holoprosencephaly
- Angelman syndrome
- Autosomal recessive generalized dystrophic epidermolysis bullosa, intermediate form
- Autosomal recessive myogenic arthrogryposis multiplex congenita
- Bloom syndrome
- Childhood-onset motor and cognitive regression syndrome with extrapyramidal movement disorder
- Cockayne syndrome
and 31 more in this range
The range is how often this sign appears among people diagnosed with each disease — it is not a probability of having any of them. Many of these signs also occur in common, non-rare conditions. A sign on this page is a conversation to have with a clinician, not a conclusion.
Part of the broader category
Also called: PEG-fed in infancy
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