Clinical Signs and Symptoms
ORPHA:444490 Familial chylomicronemia syndrome
The phenotypic description of this disease is based on an analysis of the biomedical literature and uses the terms of the Human Phenotype Ontology (HPO). Phenotypic abnormalities are presented by order of frequency of occurrence in the patient population, then by alphabetical order inside each frequency group.
- Hyperchylomicronemia HP:0012238
- Hyperlipidemia HP:0003077
- Hypertriglyceridemia HP:0002155
Always present
- Acute pancreatitis HP:0001735
- Episodic abdominal pain HP:0002574
- Hepatosplenomegaly HP:0001433
- Lipemia retinalis HP:0000660
- Recurrent pancreatitis HP:0100027
Very frequent
- Eruptive xanthomas HP:0001013
- Hepatic steatosis HP:0001397
Frequent
- Decreased body weight HP:0004325
- Failure to thrive HP:0001508
- Nausea and vomiting HP:0002017
Occasional
- Abnormal emotion/affect behavior HP:0100851
- Dementia HP:0000726
- Depressivity HP:0000716
- Diabetes mellitus HP:0000819
- Jaundice HP:0000952
- Memory impairment HP:0002354
- Perianal abscess HP:0009789
- Pulmonary embolism HP:0002204
Rare
- Precocious atherosclerosis HP:0004416
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The information provided is based on published scientific articles.
The information provided is estimated for the entire population of patients in routine care. Some phenotypic abnormalities reported here may occur individually with a variable temporality or severity, while others, not listed, may still be encountered. Phenotypic annotations are not yet available for all rare diseases; the annotation process is ongoing.
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