Congenital lethal erythroderma

Summary

Congenital lethal erythroderma (MONDO:0009198) is a disease. A subtype of skin disorder — broader associated-gene and molecular evidence is on the parent page (see Disease family below).

At a glance

• Prevalence: <1 / 1 000 000 (Worldwide) [Orphanet-validated]
• Phenotypes (HPO): 9

Clinical features

Epidemiology

Prevalence records

2 prevalence record(s), Orphanet:

Type	Class	Value	Geography	Validation
Cases/families		17	Worldwide	Validated
Point prevalence	<1 / 1 000 000		Worldwide	Validated

Signs & symptoms

Clinical features (HPO)

9 HPO clinical features (Orphanet curated; top 9 by frequency):

HPO ID	Term	Frequency
HP:0000958	Dry skin	Very frequent (80-99%)
HP:0001025	Urticaria	Very frequent (80-99%)
HP:0001508	Failure to thrive	Very frequent (80-99%)
HP:0001522	Death in infancy	Very frequent (80-99%)
HP:0002024	Malabsorption	Very frequent (80-99%)
HP:0002093	Respiratory insufficiency	Very frequent (80-99%)
HP:0003073	Hypoalbuminemia	Very frequent (80-99%)
HP:0007381	Congenital exfoliative erythroderma	Very frequent (80-99%)
HP:0008064	Ichthyosis	Very frequent (80-99%)

Identifiers

Disease identifiers

Field	Value
Canonical name	congenital lethal erythroderma
Mondo ID	MONDO:0009198
MeSH	C535513
OMIM	227090
Orphanet	1954
SNOMED CT	722391005
UMLS	C1856898
MedGen	384008
GARD	0002192
Is cancer (heuristic)	no

Also known as: congenital exfoliative erythroderma resistant to treatment · erythroderma lethal congenital · lethal congenital erythroderma

Disease family

This is a subtype of skin disorder. Genetic, therapeutic, and trial evidence is largely curated at the broader-term level — see the parent page for the associated-gene cohort and molecular evidence.

Classification path: disease › human disease › disease by body system or component › integumentary system disorder › skin disorder › congenital lethal erythroderma

Related subtypes (71): dermatitis, cutaneous mucinosis, skin neoplasm, pyoderma, chronic ulcer of skin, systemic sclerosis, sunburn, severe cutaneous adverse reaction, paronychia, Achenbach syndrome, erythema multiforme, erythematosquamous dermatosis, exanthem, facial dermatosis, hand dermatosis, keratosis, leg dermatosis, lichen disease, lipodystrophy, mongolian spot, reactive cutaneous fibrous lesion, rosacea, scalp dermatosis, sebaceous gland disorder, skin atrophy, skin sarcoidosis, sweat gland disorder, vesiculobullous skin disease, hyperglobulinemic purpura, ainhum, cheilitis glandularis, erythema palmare hereditarium, multiple benign circumferential skin creases on limbs, actinic prurigo, Parana hard-skin syndrome, Bazex-Dupre-Christol syndrome, nephrogenic systemic fibrosis, erosive pustular dermatosis of the scalp, pseudoxanthoma elasticum-like papillary dermal elastolysis, toxic dermatosis, oral erosive lichen, chronic actinic dermatitis, Jessner lymphocytic infiltration of the skin, acquired kinky hair syndrome, primary cutaneous plasmacytosis, cutaneous pseudolymphoma, corticosteroid-sensitive aseptic abscess syndrome, interstitial granulomatous dermatitis with arthritis, epidermal disease, skin pigmentation disorder, skin vascular disease, Wells syndrome, solar urticaria, pellagra, hereditary epidermal appendage anomaly, keratosis pilaris, dermis disorder, aquagenic pruritus, Boudhina Yedes Khiari syndrome, non-neoplastic nevus, cutaneous sclerosis, pityriasis rotunda, hematohidrosis, skin disorder caused by infection, livedoid vasculopathy, prurigo nodularis, granuloma faciale, sclerema neonatorum, hereditary skin disorder, hand-foot syndrome, Nicolau syndrome

Genetics & variants

GWAS landscape

No GWAS associations recorded — common-variant (GWAS) studies don’t cover this disease (typical for Mendelian / rare diseases). See the curated gene cohort and Mendelian overlap below.

Variant details and genetic-evidence tiers

No tiered GWAS variants or ClinVar records for this disease.

Genes & proteins

No associated-gene cohort resolved for this disease. Atlas builds the molecular and therapeutic sections — associated genes, protein families, druggability, pathways, interactions, and drug associations — by aggregating over a disease’s associated genes (resolved via GWAS / GenCC / ClinVar / CIViC), and none resolved here. This is expected for antibody-mediated, autoimmune, or otherwise non-gene-defined conditions; the curated evidence for this disease is its clinical features, GWAS susceptibility, and clinical trials (above).

Function

No pathway enrichment — requires an associated-gene cohort.

Therapeutics

No druggable-target or therapeutic data for this disease’s cohort.

Clinical trials & evidence

Clinical trials

Clinical trials: 0.