Conditions / Syndrome

hereditary arterial and articular multiple calcification syndrome

info ยท Syndrome

A syndrome characterized by adult onset of calcification of arteries in the lower extremities and of the hand and foot capsule joints that has_material_basis_in homozygous or compound heterozygous mutation in the NT5E gene on chromosome 6q14.3.

Signs and symptoms

  • Intermittent claudication
  • Femoral arterial calcification
  • Iliac arterial calcification
  • Tibial arterial calcification
  • Intervertebral disk calcification
  • Periarticular calcification
  • Ectopic ossification
  • Coronary artery calcification

Also known as: CALJA; arterial calcification and distal joint calcification; arterial calcification due to CD73 deficiency; arterial calcification due to deficiency of CD73; calcification of joints and arteries