Milroy's disease

Milroy's disease
Classification and external resources
ICD-10	Q 82.0
ICD-9	757.0
OMIM	153100
DiseasesDB	8228
eMedicine	med/1482
MeSH	D008209
GeneReviews	Milroy Disease

Milroy's disease is a familial disease characterised by lymphedema, commonly in the legs, caused by congenital abnormalities in the lymphatic system. Disruption of the normal drainage of lymph leads to fluid accumulation and hypertrophy of soft tissues.^[1]^[2] It is also known as Milroy disease, Nonne-Milroy-Meige syndrome and hereditary lymphedema.^[3]

It was named by Sir William Osler for William Milroy, an American physician, who described a case in 1892, though it was first described by Rudolf Virchow in 1863.^[4]^[5]

1 Description
2 See also
3 References
4 External links

Description [edit]

The defect in Milroy's disease is present from birth and symptoms are usually first experienced in childhood. The most common problem is one-sided leg swelling, unilateral edema, which is progressive and can affect both legs. Impaired intestinal lymphatics can cause steatorrhea due to impaired transport of chylomicrons. Defective lymphocyte circulation can cause lymphopenia and impaired cell-mediated immunity.

This disease is more common in women and an association with the gene FLT4 has been described.^[6]

References [edit]

^ James, William D.; Berger, Timothy G.; et al. (2006). Andrews' Diseases of the Skin: clinical Dermatology. Saunders Elsevier. p. 849. ISBN 0-7216-2921-0.
^ David Lowell Strayer; Raphael Rubin (2007). Rubin's Pathology: Clinicopathologic Foundations of Medicine 5th Edition. Hagerstwon, MD: Lippincott Williams & Wilkins. ISBN 0-7817-9516-8.
^ Rapini, Ronald P.; Bolognia, Jean L.; Jorizzo, Joseph L. (2007). Dermatology: 2-Volume Set. St. Louis: Mosby. ISBN 1-4160-2999-0.
^ synd/1326 at Who Named It?
^ W. F. Milroy. An undescribed variety of herditary edema. New York Medical Journal, 1892, 56: 505-508.
^ Spiegel R, Ghalamkarpour A, Daniel-Spiegel E, Vikkula M, Shalev SA (2006). "Wide clinical spectrum in a family with hereditary lymphedema type I due to a novel missense mutation in VEGFR3". Journal of human genetics 51 (10): 846–50. doi:10.1007/s10038-006-0031-3. PMID 16924388.

External links [edit]

GeneReview/NIH/UW entry on Milroy Disease

Congenital malformations and deformations of integument / skin disease (Q80–Q82, 757.0–757.3)

Genodermatosis

Congenital ichthyosis/
erythrokeratodermia

AD	Ichthyosis vulgaris

AR	Congenital ichthyosiform erythroderma: Epidermolytic hyperkeratosis Lamellar ichthyosis Harlequin type ichthyosis Netherton syndrome Zunich–Kaye syndrome Sjögren–Larsson syndrome

XR	X-linked ichthyosis

Ungrouped	Ichthyosis bullosa of Siemens Ichthyosis follicularis Ichthyosis prematurity syndrome Ichthyosis–sclerosing cholangitis syndrome Nonbullous congenital ichthyosiform erythroderma Ichthyosis linearis circumflexa Ichthyosis hystrix

EB
and related

EBS
- EBS-K
- EBS-WC
- EBS-DM
- EBS-OG
- EBS-MD
- EBS-MP

DEB
- DDEB
- RDEB

Ectodermal dysplasia

Elastic/Connective

Hyperkeratosis/
keratinopathy

PPK	diffuse: Diffuse epidermolytic palmoplantar keratoderma Diffuse nonepidermolytic palmoplantar keratoderma Palmoplantar keratoderma of Sybert Mal de Meleda syndromic connexin Bart–Pumphrey syndrome Clouston's hidrotic ectodermal dysplasia Vohwinkel syndrome Corneodermatoosseous syndrome plakoglobin Naxos syndrome Scleroatrophic syndrome of Huriez Olmsted syndrome Cathepsin C Papillon–Lefèvre syndrome Haim–Munk syndrome Camisa disease focal: Focal palmoplantar keratoderma with oral mucosal hyperkeratosis Focal palmoplantar and gingival keratosis Howel–Evans syndrome Pachyonychia congenita Pachyonychia congenita type I Pachyonychia congenita type II Striate palmoplantar keratoderma Tyrosinemia type II punctate: Acrokeratoelastoidosis of Costa Focal acral hyperkeratosis Keratosis punctata palmaris et plantaris Keratosis punctata of the palmar creases Schöpf–Schulz–Passarge syndrome Porokeratosis plantaris discreta Spiny keratoderma ungrouped: Palmoplantar keratoderma and spastic paraplegia desmoplakin Carvajal syndrome connexin Erythrokeratodermia variabilis HID/KID

Other	Meleda disease Keratosis pilaris ATP2A2 Darier's disease Dyskeratosis congenita Lelis syndrome Dyskeratosis congenita Keratolytic winter erythema Keratosis follicularis spinulosa decalvans Keratosis linearis with ichthyosis congenital and sclerosing keratoderma syndrome Keratosis pilaris atrophicans faciei Keratosis pilaris

Other

see also Template:Congenital malformations and deformations of skin appendages, Template:Phakomatoses, Template:Pigmentation disorders, Template:DNA replication and repair-deficiency disorder

Developmental
anomalies

Midline	Dermoid cyst Encephalocele Nasal glioma PHACE association Sinus pericranii

Nevus	Capillary hemangioma Port-wine stain Nevus flammeus nuchae

Other/ungrouped	Aplasia cutis congenita Amniotic band syndrome Branchial cyst Cavernous venous malformation Accessory nail of the fifth toe Bronchogenic cyst Congenital cartilaginous rest of the neck Congenital hypertrophy of the lateral fold of the hallux Congenital lip pit Congenital malformations of the dermatoglyphs Congenital preauricular fistula Congenital smooth muscle hamartoma Cystic lymphatic malformation Median raphe cyst Melanotic neuroectodermal tumor of infancy Mongolian spot Nasolacrimal duct cyst Omphalomesenteric duct cyst Poland anomaly Rapidly involuting congenital hemangioma Rosenthal–Kloepfer syndrome Skin dimple Superficial lymphatic malformation Thyroglossal duct cyst Verrucous vascular malformation Birthmark