Autosomal recessive spastic paraplegia type 49

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Other Names:

Hereditary sensory and autonomic neuropathy due to TECPR2 mutation; HSAN due to TECPR2 mutation; Autosomal recessive spastic paraplegia-49; Hereditary sensory and autonomic neuropathy due to TECPR2 mutation; HSAN due to TECPR2 mutation; Autosomal recessive spastic paraplegia-49; SPG49; TECPR2 See More

Categories:

Congenital and Genetic Diseases; Nervous System Diseases

This disease is grouped under:

Hereditary spastic paraplegia

Summary Summary

The following summary is from Orphanet, a European reference portal for information on rare diseases and orphan drugs.

Orpha Number: 320385

Definition

Hereditary sensory and autonomic neuropathy due to TECPR2 mutation is a rare genetic peripheral neuropathy characterized by early hypotonia evolving to spastic paraparesis, areflexia, decreased pain and temperature sensitivity, autonomic neuropathy, gastroesophageal reflux disease, recurrent pneumonia and respiratory problems. Patients also have intellectual disability and dysmorphic features, including mild brachycephalic microcephaly, short broad neck, low anterior hairline and coarse face.

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Last updated: 11/1/2018

Symptoms Symptoms

This table lists symptoms that people with this disease may have. For most diseases, symptoms will vary from person to person. People with the same disease may not have all the symptoms listed. This information comes from a database called the Human Phenotype Ontology (HPO) . The HPO collects information on symptoms that have been described in medical resources. The HPO is updated regularly. Use the HPO ID to access more in-depth information about a symptom.

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Medical Terms	Other Names	Learn More: HPO ID
80%-99% of people have these symptoms
Recurrent respiratory infections	Frequent respiratory infections Multiple respiratory infections respiratory infections, recurrent Susceptibility to respiratory infections [ more ]	0002205
30%-79% of people have these symptoms
Areflexia	Absent tendon reflexes	0001284
Brachycephaly	Short and broad skull	0000248
Broad neck	Increased width of neck Wide neck [ more ]	0000475
Dental crowding	Crowded teeth Dental overcrowding Overcrowding of teeth [ more ]	0000678
Dysarthria	Difficulty articulating speech	0001260
Dysmetria	Lack of coordination of movement	0001310
Full cheeks	Apple cheeks Big cheeks Increased size of cheeks Large cheeks [ more ]	0000293
Gait ataxia	Inability to coordinate movements when walking	0002066
Generalized hypotonia	Decreased muscle tone Low muscle tone [ more ]	0001290
Global developmental delay		0001263
Hypomimic face	Dull facial expression	0000338
Intellectual disability	Mental deficiency Mental retardation Mental retardation, nonspecific Mental-retardation [ more ]	0001249
Low anterior hairline	Low frontal hairline Low-set frontal hairline [ more ]	0000294
Microcephaly	Abnormally small skull Decreased circumference of cranium Decreased size of skull Reduced head circumference Small head circumference [ more ]	0000252
Round face	Circular face Round facial appearance Round facial shape [ more ]	0000311
Short neck	Decreased length of neck	0000470
Short stature	Decreased body height Small stature [ more ]	0004322
5%-29% of people have these symptoms
Central apnea		0002871
Cerebellar atrophy	Degeneration of cerebellum	0001272
Cerebral atrophy	Degeneration of cerebrum	0002059
Hypoplasia of the corpus callosum	Underdevelopment of part of brain called corpus callosum	0002079
Seizure		0001250
Percent of people who have these symptoms is not available through HPO
Autosomal recessive inheritance		0000007
Gastroesophageal reflux	Acid reflux Acid reflux disease Heartburn [ more ]	0002020
Spastic gait	Spastic walk	0002064
Spastic paraplegia		0001258

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Last updated: 2/1/2021

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Organizations Supporting this Disease

Spastic Paraplegia Foundation (SPF)
1605 Goularte Place
Fremont, CA 94539-7241
Telephone: 1-877-773-4483
Fax: 1-877-773-4483
E-mail: information@sp-foundation.org
Website: https://sp-foundation.org/

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Learn More Learn More

These resources provide more information about this condition or associated symptoms. The in-depth resources contain medical and scientific language that may be hard to understand. You may want to review these resources with a medical professional.

In-Depth Information

Online Mendelian Inheritance in Man (OMIM) is a catalog of human genes and genetic disorders. Each entry has a summary of related medical articles. It is meant for health care professionals and researchers. OMIM is maintained by Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine.
Orphanet is a European reference portal for information on rare diseases and orphan drugs. Access to this database is free of charge.
PubMed is a searchable database of medical literature and lists journal articles that discuss Autosomal recessive spastic paraplegia type 49. Click on the link to view a sample search on this topic.

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