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Adrenal gland agenesis

MedGen UID:
472999
Concept ID:
C0266273
Congenital Abnormality; Finding
Synonyms: Adrenal aplasia; ADRENAL APLASIA
SNOMED CT: Congenital absence of adrenal gland (83190008); Aplasia of adrenal gland (702615004); Adrenal aplasia (702615004)
 
HPO: HP:0011743
OMIM®: 240200

Definition

Absent development of the adrenal gland. [from HPO]

Term Hierarchy

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  • CROGVAdrenal gland agenesis

Conditions with this feature

SERKAL syndrome
MedGen UID:
394528
Concept ID:
C2678492
Disease or Syndrome
Syndrome that has characteristics of female to male sex reversal and developmental anomalies of the kidneys, adrenal glands and lungs. The syndrome is lethal and has been described in three fetuses. It is caused by homozygous missense mutations in the WNT4 gene. It is transmitted as an autosomal recessive trait.
Tetraamelia syndrome 1
MedGen UID:
860705
Concept ID:
C4012268
Disease or Syndrome
Tetraamelia syndrome-1 (TETAMS1) is characterized by complete limb agenesis without defects of scapulae or clavicles. Other features include bilateral cleft lip/palate, diaphragmatic defect with bilobar right lung, renal and adrenal agenesis, pelvic hypoplasia, and urogenital defects (Niemann et al., 2004). Genetic Heterogeneity of tetraamelia syndrome Tetraamelia syndrome-2 (TETAMS2; 618021) is caused by mutation in the RSPO2 gene (610575) on chromosome 8q23.

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Recent clinical studies

Etiology

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Diagnosis

Bancos I, Prete A
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Zennaro MC, Boulkroun S, Fernandes-Rosa FL
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Therapy

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Prognosis

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Clinical prediction guides

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Recent systematic reviews

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