raremaprare-disease reference indexOrphadata 2026-06-23 · HPO 2026-09-01
ORPHA:71526

Obesity due to pro-opiomelanocortin deficiency

Synonyms: POMC deficiency

Type
Etiological subtype
Group
Subtype of disorder
Inheritance
Autosomal recessive
Age of onset
Infancy, Neonatal
Status
active

Pro-opiomelanocortin (POMC) deficiency is a form of monogenic obesity resulting in severe early-onset obesity, adrenal insufficiency, red hair and pale skin.

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Names in Orphadata languages

12 of 12 languages
LangNameSynonyms
enObesity due to pro-opiomelanocortin deficiencyPOMC deficiency
frObésité par déficit en pro-opiomélanocortineDéficit en POMC
deAdipositas durch Proopiomelanocortin-Mangel
esObesidad por deficiencia de pro-opiomelanocortin
itObesità da deficit di pro-opiomelanocortinaDeficit di POMC
nlObesitas door deficiëntie van pro-opiomelanocortinePOMC-deficiëntie
ptObesidade por deficiência de pro-opiomelanocortinaDeficiência de POMC
plOtyłość spowodowana niedoborem proopiomelanokortynyNiedobór POMC
csObezita způsobená deficitem proopiomelanokortinuDeficit POMC
ukОжиріння через дефіцит проопіомеланокортинуДефіцит POMC
zh前阿黑皮素缺乏所致肥胖症POMC缺乏
trPro-opiomelanokortin eksikliğine bağlı obezitePOMC eksikliği

Definition in:

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Cross-references

qualifier = Orphanet mapping relation
SourceCodeQualifierICD relationValidation
OMIM601665NTBTvalidated
OMIM609734Evalidated
ICD-10E66.8NTBTattributedvalidated
ICD-115B81.YNTBTindexvalidated
MONDO0012335Evalidated
MeSHC565726Evalidated
UMLSC1857854Evalidated
GARD10823Evalidated
MedDRA10083937Evalidated

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

1 direct
GeneAssociationStatusHGNCEnsemblOMIMLocusNameSource of validation
POMCDisease-causing germline mutation(s) inAssessedHGNC:9201ENSG000001151381768302p23.3proopiomelanocortin24354022[PMID]
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Prevalence and incidence

2 records
TypeClassValueAreaQualificationValidationSource
Cases/families7 casesWorldwideCase(s)Validated16150380[PMID]
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

18 annotations · validated 2017-03-01
HPOTerm (as annotated by Orphanet)Diagnostic
Obligate (100%)
HP:0009126Increased adipose tissue
HP:0001513Obesity
Very frequent (99-80%)
HP:0002591Polyphagia
Frequent (79-30%)
HP:0011734Central adrenal insufficiency
HP:0008915Childhood-onset truncal obesity
HP:0001396Cholestasis
HP:0001010Hypopigmentation of the skin
HP:0002297Red hair
Occasional (29-5%)
HP:0000956Acanthosis nigricans
HP:0000824Decreased response to growth hormone stimulation test
HP:0000823Delayed puberty
HP:0002750Delayed skeletal maturation
HP:0001508Failure to thrive
HP:0008213Gonadotropin deficiency
HP:0001510Growth delay
HP:0000842Hyperinsulinemia
HP:0002173Hypoglycemic seizures
HP:0008245Pituitary hypothyroidism

Run the differential on the 3 obligate / very frequent terms

Annotation source: 27468060[PMID]_16936203[PMID]_14557433[PMID]_9620771[PMID]_9771698[PMID]_15703762[PMID]

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Sources for this card