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Omenn syndrome



Omenn syndrome
Classification & external resources
ICD-10 D81.2 (ILDS D81.210)
OMIM 603554
DiseasesDB 32676
eMedicine ped/1640 

Omenn syndrome is a rare immunodeficiency disease associated with recombination activating gene.

Symptoms

Symptoms include:

  • Desquamation (shedding the outer layers of skin)
  • Chronic diarrhea
  • Erythroderma (widespread reddening of the skin)
  • Hepatosplenomegaly (simultaneous enlargement of both the liver and the spleen)
  • Leukocytosis (elevation of the white blood cell count)
  • Lymphadenopathy (swelling of one or more lymph nodes)
  • Repeated bacterial infections

Treatment

Omenn syndrome is among the diseases treated with bone marrow transplantation and cord blood stem cells.

 
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