raremaprare-disease reference indexOrphadata 2026-06-23 · HPO 2026-09-01
ORPHA:98904

Congenital myopathy with excess of thin filaments

Synonyms: Actin myopathy

Type
Disease
Group
Disorder
Inheritance
Autosomal dominant
Status
active

A rare, genetic, congenital myopathy disorder characterized by variable degrees of muscular weakness, frequently associated with severe nemaline myopathy-like disease (including neonatal hypotonia, lack of spontaneous movements, feeding and swallowing difficulties, frequent respiratory infections, respiratory insufficiency, early death), and histopathologic findings of large, densely packed, subsarcolemmal accumulations of thin, actin-immunopositive filaments (with or without intranuclear nemaline rods) on muscle biopsy.

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Names in Orphadata languages

12 of 12 languages
LangNameSynonyms
enCongenital myopathy with excess of thin filamentsActin myopathy
frMyopathie congénitale avec excès de filaments finsMyopathie avec surcharge en actine
deMyopathie, kongenitale, mit Exzess dünner FilamenteAktin-Myopathie
esMiopatía congénita con exceso de filamentos delgadosMiopatía de actina
itMiopatia congenita con eccesso di filamenti sottiliMiopatia da actina
nlCongenitale myopathie met overmaat aan dunne filamentenActine myopathie
ptMiopatia congénita com excesso de filamentos finos
plWrodzona miopatia z nadmiarem cienkich filamentówMiopatia aktynowa
csVrozená myopatie s nadbytkem tenkých filamentAktinová myopatie
ukВроджена міопатія з надлишком тонких волоконАктинова міопатія
zh先天性肌病伴过量肌动蛋白肌动蛋白肌病
trAşırı ince filamentler ile seyreden doğumsal miyopatiAktin miyopati

Definition in:

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Cross-references

qualifier = Orphanet mapping relation
SourceCodeQualifierICD relationValidation
OMIM161800NTBTvalidated
OMIM620265NTBTvalidated
ICD-10G71.2NTBTattributedvalidated
ICD-118C72.0YNTBTindexvalidated
MONDO8070Evalidated
UMLSC3711389Evalidated

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

1 direct
GeneAssociationStatusHGNCEnsemblOMIMLocusNameSource of validation
ACTA1Disease-causing germline mutation(s) inAssessedHGNC:129ENSG000001436321026101q42.13actin alpha 1, skeletal muscle10508519[PMID]
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Prevalence and incidence

0 records

No prevalence record in this release.

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HPO phenotypes

Orphanet has no HPO annotation for this code in this release.

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Sources for this card