Aplasia cutis congenita-intestinal lymphangiectasia syndrome

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Aplasia cutis congenita-intestinal lymphangiectasia syndrome
Specialty Medical genetics
Symptoms A combination of aplasia cutis congenita and lymphangiectasia
Complications Death
Usual onsetBirth
Preventionnone
Prognosis Bad
Frequencyvery rare, only two cases have been described in medical literature
Deaths-

Aplasia cutis congenita-intestinal lymphangiectasia syndrome is a very rare genetic disorder which is characterized by aplasia cutis congenita, intestinal lymphangiectasia-induced generalized edema, hypoproteinemia, and lymphopenia. [1] [2] It has been described in two Ashkenazi Jewish brothers. [3] [4]

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References

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