Ciliary Discoordination due to Random Ciliary Orientation

Alternative Names

  • Rutland Ciliary Disorientation Syndrome
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WHO-ICD-10 version:2010

Diseases of the eye and adnexa

Disorders of sclera, cornea, iris and ciliary body

OMIM Number

215518

Mode of Inheritance

Autosomal recessive

Description

A rare, genetically heterogeneous, primarily respiratory disorder characterized by chronic upper and lower respiratory tract disease. Approximately half of the patients have an organ laterality defect (situs inversus totalis or situs ambiguus/heterotaxy). [From Orphanet]

Epidemiology in the Arab World

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Other Reports

Lebanon

Rutland and de Iongh (1990) described a 12-year Lebanese boy with a history of recurrent chest infections, and clinical features similr to primary cliliary dyskinesia. Although ciliary beat frequency was found to be normal, the child was found to have an abnormal orientation of the cilia, leading to teh respiratiry tract disease. 

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