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Matthew-Wood syndrome
Disease definition
A rare, genetic congenital malformation syndrome characterized by bilateral anopthalmia (or less commonly microphthalmia) in association with a variable combination of the following: pulmonary hypoplasia or agenesis, congenital diaphragmatic hernia or eventration, and variable cardiovascular defects (congenital heart defects and/or pulmonary artery atresia). Intellectual disability is noted in surviving patients. Other variable malformations affecting different organ systems, as well as facial dysmorphism, may be observed.
ORPHA:2470
Classification level: Disorder- Synonym(s):
- Anophthalmia-pulmonary hypoplasia syndrome
- PDAC syndrome
- Pulmonary hypoplasia-diaphragmatic hernia-anophthalmia-cardiac defect syndrome
- Spear syndrome
- Prevalence: <1 / 1 000 000
- Inheritance: Autosomal dominant or Autosomal recessive
- Age of onset: Neonatal, Antenatal
- ICD-10: Q11.2
- ICD-11: LD21.0
- OMIM: 601186 615524
- UMLS: C1832661
- MeSH: C537768
- GARD: 713
- MedDRA: -
A summary on this disease is available in Español (2006) Français (2006) Italiano (2006) Nederlands (2006) Deutsch (2004)
Detailed information
Guidelines
- Clinical practice guidelines
- Français (2022) - PNDS
Disease review articles
- Clinical genetics review
- English (2015) - GeneReviews
Genetic Testing
- Guidance for genetic testing
- English (2020) - Eur J Hum Genet


Additional information
Further information on this disease
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