raremaprare-disease reference indexOrphadata 2026-06-23 · HPO 2026-09-01
ORPHA:139406

Encephalopathy due to prosaposin deficiency

Synonyms: Combined prosaposin deficiency

Type
Disease
Group
Disorder
Inheritance
Autosomal recessive
Age of onset
Infancy, Neonatal
Status
active

A rare neurometabolic disease characterized by severe neurologic symptoms including grand mal seizures, massive myoclonic bursts, hypotonia, abnormal ocular movements, dystonia and hepatosplenomegaly. Symptoms appear at or shortly after birth and follow a rapidly progressive fatal course. All patients manifest with lipid accumulation due to lysosomal dysfunction with histologic findings of accumulation of various sphingolipids (e.g., glucosylceramide, ceramide, sulfatides, globotriaosylceramide).

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Names in Orphadata languages

12 of 12 languages
LangNameSynonyms
enEncephalopathy due to prosaposin deficiencyCombined prosaposin deficiency
frEncéphalopathie par déficit en prosaposineDéficit global en prosaposine
deEnzephalopathie durch Prosaposin-MangelProsaposin-Mangel, kombinierter
esEncefalopatía por deficiencia de prosaposinaDeficiencia combinada de prosaposina · Deficiencia de prosaposina combinada
itEncefalopatia da deficit di prosaposinaDeficit combinato di prosaposina
nlEncefalopathie door deficiëntie van prosaposineGecombineerde deficiëntie van prosaposine
ptEncefalopatia por deficiência de prosaposina
plEncefalopatia z powodu niedoboru prosapozynyZłożony Niedobór prosapozyny
csEncefalopatie způsobená deficitem prosaposinuKombinovaný deficit prosaposinu
ukЕнцефалопатія внаслідок дефіциту просапозинуКомбінований дефіцит просапозину
zh鞘脂激活蛋白原缺乏所致脑病联合型鞘脂激活蛋白原缺乏
trProsaposin eksikliğine bağlı ensefalopatiKombine prosaposin eksikliği

Definition in:

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Cross-references

qualifier = Orphanet mapping relation
SourceCodeQualifierICD relationValidation
OMIM611721Evalidated
ICD-10E75.2NTBTattributedvalidated
ICD-115C56.0YNTBTindexvalidated
MONDO0012719Evalidated
UMLSC4303785Evalidated

E exact · NTBT this ORPHAcode is narrower than the target · BTNT broader than the target · ND not decided.

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Classification

Preferential parent (Orphanet linearisation):

Parents in the classifications (3):

No children.

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Genes

1 direct
GeneAssociationStatusHGNCEnsemblOMIMLocusNameSource of validation
PSAPDisease-causing germline mutation(s) inAssessedHGNC:9498ENSG0000019774617680110q22.1prosaposin1371116[PMID]
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Prevalence and incidence

2 records
TypeClassValueAreaQualificationValidationSource
Cases/families10 casesWorldwideCase(s)ValidatedORPHANET
Point prevalence<1 / 1 000 000—WorldwideClass onlyValidatedORPHANET

Value is Orphadata's ValMoy: the mean estimate per 100 000 for prevalence and incidence, the number of cases or families for case reports.

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HPO phenotypes

10 annotations · validated 2016-06-01
HPOTerm (as annotated by Orphanet)Diagnostic
Very frequent (99-80%)
HP:0000496Abnormality of eye movement
HP:0002069Bilateral tonic-clonic seizure
HP:0001522Death in infancy
HP:0001332Dystonia
HP:0002240Hepatomegaly
HP:0001252Hypotonia
HP:0001336Myoclonus
HP:0002205Recurrent respiratory infections
HP:0002093Respiratory insufficiency
HP:0001744Splenomegaly

Run the differential on the 10 obligate / very frequent terms

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Sources for this card