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Start free with EleplanX-linked cerebral-cerebellar-coloboma syndrome
ORPHA:163961Disease
Also called X-linked intellectual disability, Kroes type
What it is
X-linked cerebral-cerebellar-coloboma syndrome is a rare, genetic syndrome with a cerebellar malformation as major feature characterized by cerebellar vermis hypo- or aplasia, ventriculomegaly, agenesis of corpus callosum and abnormalities of the brainstem and cerebral cortex in association with ocular coloboma. Clinically, patients show hydrocephalus at birth, neonatal hypotonia with abnormal breathing pattern, ocular abnormalities with impaired vision, severe psychomotor delay, and seizures.
Key facts
- Prevalence
- <1 / 1 000 000
- Age of onset
- Infancy, Neonatal
- Inheritance
- X-linked recessive
- Classified as
- Disease
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
Common30–79%
15- Abnormal brainstem morphology
- Abnormality of the cerebral cortex
- Apneic episodes in infancy
- Cerebellar vermis hypoplasia
- Chorioretinal coloboma
- Episodic tachypnea
- Feeding difficulties
- Floppy infant
- Global developmental delay
- Hydrocephalus
- Intellectual disability
- Low-set ears
- Nasogastric tube feeding
- Seizure
- Ventriculomegaly
Sometimes5–29%
16- Agenesis of cerebellar vermis
- Areflexia
- Dandy-Walker malformation
- Dysphagia
- Frontal bossing
- Hypertelorism
- Meckel diverticulum
- Micrognathia
and 8 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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