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junctional epidermolysis bullosa with pyloric atresia

info · Genetic · ICD-10: Q81.8

A junctional epidermolysis bullosa characterized by generalized blistering at birth with congenital atresia of the pylorus and rarely of other portions of the gastrointestinal tract and that has_material_basis_in mutations in the ITGB4 or ITGA6 genes.

Signs and symptoms

  • Congenital pyloric atresia
  • Lamina lucida cleavage
  • Urethrovesical occlusion
  • Abnormal blistering of the skin
  • Aplasia cutis congenita on trunk or limbs
  • Oral mucosal blisters
  • Hypoplastic dermoepidermal hemidesmosomes
  • Milia
  • Polyhydramnios
  • Esophageal atresia

Also known as: Carmi syndrome; JEB-PA; epidermolysis bullosa junctionalis with pyloric atresia; junctional epidermolysis bullosa-pyloric atresia syndrome