raremaprare-disease reference indexOrphadata 2026-06-23 · HPO 2026-09-01
ORPHA:1954

Congenital lethal erythroderma

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

A rare skin disorder characterized by erythrodermic, peeling skin from birth with no obvious nail or hair-shaft abnormalities and other associated anomalies including diarrhea, failure to thrive and severe hypoalbuminaemia resistant to correction by enteral or intravenous supplementation. An autosomal recessive mode of inheritance is highly probable. The prognosis is poor and infants die in the first months of life. There have been no further descriptions in the literature since 1992.

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Names in Orphadata languages

12 of 12 languages
LangNameSynonyms
enCongenital lethal erythroderma
frErythrodermie congénitale létale
deErythrodermie, kongenitale letale
esEritrodermia congénita letal
itEritroderma congenito letale
nlCongenitale letale erytrodermie
ptEritrodermia letal congénita
plWrodzona letalna erytrodermia
csVrozená letální erytrodermie
ukВроджена летальна еритродермія
zh先天性致死性红皮病
trDoğumsal letal eritrodermi

Definition in:

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Cross-references

qualifier = Orphanet mapping relation
SourceCodeQualifierICD relationValidation
OMIM227090Evalidated
ICD-10L21.1NTBTattributedvalidated
ICD-11EH40.2NTBTattributedvalidated
MONDO0009198Evalidated
MeSHC535513Evalidated
UMLSC1856898Evalidated

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 (1):

No children.

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Genes

0 direct

Orphanet records no gene directly on this code.

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Prevalence and incidence

2 records
TypeClassValueAreaQualificationValidationSource
Cases/families17 casesWorldwideCase(s)Validated1535034[PMID]
Point prevalence<1 / 1 000 000—WorldwideClass onlyValidatedORPHANET_1535034[PMID]

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

9 annotations · validated 2016-06-01
HPOTerm (as annotated by Orphanet)Diagnostic
Very frequent (99-80%)
HP:0007381Congenital exfoliative erythroderma
HP:0001522Death in infancy
HP:0000958Dry skin
HP:0001508Failure to thrive
HP:0003073Hypoalbuminemia
HP:0008064Ichthyosis
HP:0002024Malabsorption
HP:0002093Respiratory insufficiency
HP:0001025Urticaria

Run the differential on the 9 obligate / very frequent terms

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Sources for this card