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multiple intestinal atresia

info ยท Genetic

An intestinal disease characterized by the presence of numerous atresic segments in the small and large intestines that has_material_basis_in homozygous or compound heterozygous mutation in the TTC7A gene on chromosome 2p21.

Signs and symptoms

  • Intestinal obstruction
  • Thrombocytosis
  • Enterocolitis
  • Bloody diarrhea
  • Interface hepatitis
  • Prominent forehead
  • Enamel hypoplasia
  • Hypertelorism
  • T-cell lymphoma
  • Ileal atresia

Also known as: GIDID; Multiple gastrointestinal atresias; familial intestinal polyatresia syndrome; gastrointestinal defects and immunodeficiency syndrome