raremaprare-disease reference indexOrphadata 2026-06-23 · HPO 2026-09-01
ORPHA:2301

Congenital short bowel syndrome

Type
Morphological anomaly
Group
Disorder
Inheritance
Autosomal recessive, X-linked recessive
Age of onset
Infancy, Neonatal
Status
active

Congenital short bowel syndrome is a rare intestinal disorder of neonates of unknown etiology. Patients are born with a short small bowel (less than 75 cm in length) that compromises proper intestinal absorption and leads chronic diarrhea, vomiting and failure to thrive.

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Names in Orphadata languages

12 of 12 languages
LangNameSynonyms
enCongenital short bowel syndrome
frSyndrome du grêle court congénitalSGC congénital · Syndrome de l'intestin court congénital
deKurzdarm-Syndrom, kongenitales
esSíndrome de intestino corto congénito
itSindrome dell'intestino corto congenito
nlCongenitaal kortedarmsyndroom
ptCongenital short bowel syndrome
plWrodzony zespół krótkiego jelita
csVrozený syndrom krátkého střeva
ukСиндром вродженої короткої кишки
zh先天性短肠综合征
trDoğumsal kısa bağırsak sendromu

Definition in:

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Cross-references

qualifier = Orphanet mapping relation
SourceCodeQualifierICD relationValidation
OMIM300048BTNTvalidated
OMIM615237Evalidated
ICD-10Q43.8NTBTattributedvalidated
ICD-11LB15.2Especificvalidated
MONDO0014097Evalidated
UMLSC5441717Evalidated

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 (2):

No children.

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Genes

2 direct
GeneAssociationStatusHGNCEnsemblOMIMLocusNameSource of validation
CLMPDisease-causing germline mutation(s) (loss of function) inAssessedHGNC:24039ENSG0000016625061169311q24.1CXADR like cell adhesion molecule22155368[PMID]
FLNADisease-causing germline mutation(s) inAssessedHGNC:3754ENSG00000196924300017Xq28filamin A23037936[PMID]
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Prevalence and incidence

2 records
TypeClassValueAreaQualificationValidationSource
Cases/families43 casesWorldwideCase(s)Validated21042453[PMID]_22155368[PMID]_27352967[PMID]
Point prevalence<1 / 1 000 000—WorldwideClass onlyValidatedORPHANET_21042453[PMID]_22155368[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

7 annotations · validated 2016-06-01
HPOTerm (as annotated by Orphanet)Diagnostic
Very frequent (99-80%)
HP:0005245Intestinal hypoplasia
Frequent (79-30%)
HP:0100543Cognitive impairment
HP:0002566Intestinal malrotation
HP:0100578Lipoatrophy
HP:0004322Short stature
HP:0008070Sparse hair
Occasional (29-5%)
HP:0100627Displacement of the urethral meatus

Run the differential on the 1 obligate / very frequent terms

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