Brachydactylous dwarfism, Mseleni type

General Information (adopted from Orphanet):

Synonyms, Signs: MJD
Mseleni joint disease
Number of Symptoms 12
OrphanetNr: 2619
OMIM Id: 613342
ICD-10: Q77.7
UMLs: C2931420
MeSH: C537086
MedDRA:
Snomed:

Prevalence, inheritance and age of onset:

Prevalence: No data available.
Inheritance: Unknown
[Orphanet]
Age of onset: Childhood
[Orphanet]

Disease classification (adopted from Orphanet):

Parent Diseases: Spondyloepiphyseal dysplasia and spondyloepimetaphyseal dysplasia
 -Rare bone disease
 -Rare developmental defect during embryogenesis
 -Rare genetic disease

Symptom Information: Sort by abundance 

1
(HPO:0000944) Abnormality of the metaphyses Very frequent [Orphanet] 141 / 7739
2
(HPO:0001385) Hip dysplasia Very frequent [Orphanet] 242 / 7739
3
(HPO:0003312) Abnormal form of the vertebral bodies Very frequent [Orphanet] 172 / 7739
4
(HPO:0100769) Synovitis Very frequent [Orphanet] 86 / 7739
5
(HPO:0003019) Abnormality of the wrist Frequent [Orphanet] 52 / 7739
6
(HPO:0002815) Abnormality of the knee Very frequent [Orphanet] 19 / 7739
7
(HPO:0002763) Abnormal cartilage morphology Very frequent [Orphanet] 15 / 7739
8
(HPO:0005930) Abnormality of epiphysis morphology Very frequent [Orphanet] 119 / 7739
9
(HPO:0004279) Short palm Very frequent [Orphanet] 323 / 7739
10
(HPO:0009811) Abnormality of the elbow Frequent [Orphanet] 30 / 7739
11
(HPO:0003510) Severe short stature 90 / 7739
12
(HPO:0004322) Short stature Very frequent [Orphanet] 1232 / 7739

Associated genes:

ClinVar (via SNiPA)

Gene symbol Variation Clinical significance Reference

Additional Information:

Description: (OMIM) Mseleni joint disease is a familial degenerative osteoarthropathy affecting several hundred persons in a remote rural region of northern Zululand, South Africa. The condition presents in childhood and progresses relentlessly, leading to severe physical handicap by early adulthood ...
Clinical Description OMIM Persons with Mseleni joint disease develop discomfort in the large joints in mid-childhood. The onset is insidious without inflammation or swelling. The weight-bearing joints are primarily affected and by late-childhood walking is difficult (Lockitch et al., 1973; du ...