Pontocerebellar hypoplasia type 6

Orpha code: 166073OMIM code: 611523

Definition

A rare, genetic form of pontocerebellar hypoplasia (PCH) characterized by neocortical and severe cerebral cortical atrophy associated with pontocerebellar hypoplasia with the pons and cerebellum equally affected. Clinically the disorder manifests at birth with hypotonia, clonus, epilepsy, impaired swallowing and from infancy by progressive microcephaly, spasticity and lactic acidosis.

Disease data
Classification

Malformation syndrome

Synonyms
PCH6
Fatal infantile encephalopathy with mitochondrial respiratory chain defects
Śmiertelna niemowlęca encefalopatia z defektami mitochondrialnego łańcucha oddechowego
PCH6
ORPHA code
166073
OMIM code
611523
ICD10 code
Q04.3
ICD11 code
LD20.01

No additional description.

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