Fish-eye Disease

Description

Fish eye disease (FED) is a form of genetic LCAT (lecithin-cholesterol acyltransferase) deficiency (see this term) characterized clinically by corneal opacifications, and biochemically by significantly reduced HDL cholesterol and partial LCAT enzyme deficiency.

Clinical Features

Top most frequent phenotypes and symptoms related to Fish-eye Disease

  • Visual impairment
  • Hepatomegaly
  • Splenomegaly
  • Visual loss
  • Abnormality of the eye
  • Corneal opacity
  • Lymphadenopathy
  • Hypertriglyceridemia
  • Myocardial infarction
  • Opacification of the corneal stroma

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Incidence and onset information

— Currently we don't have prevalence information about this disease (Not enough data available about incidence and published cases.)
No data available about the known clinical features onset.

Alternative names

Fish-eye Disease Is also known as dyslipoproteinemic corneal dystrophy, alpha-lcat deficiency, lcata deficiency, partial lcat deficiency, fed, alpha-lecithin:cholesterol acyltransferase deficiency.

Researches and researchers

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Fish-eye Disease Recommended genes panels

Panel Name, Specifity and genes Tested/covered
Low HDL Panel.

By Knight Diagnostic Laboratories - Molecular Diagnostic Center Oregon Health & Science University (United States).

SCARB1, LCAT, ABCG1
Specificity
34 %
Genes
100 %
LCAT.

By Institute for Human Genetics University Clinic Freiburg (Germany).

LCAT
Specificity
100 %
Genes
100 %
Dyslipidemia NGS panel (29 genes), Sequence & CNV analysis.

By Laboratory of genome diagnostics Academic Medical Center, University of Amsterdam (Netherlands).

SAR1B, SLCO1B1, ABCG5, ABCG8, LMF1, SCARB1, APOA5, LDLRAP1, CETP, PCSK9, MYLIP, STAP1, GPIHBP1, CYP27A1, CYP7A1, ANGPTL3, APOC2, APOC3, APOE, LCAT , (...)

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Specificity
4 %
Genes
100 %
LCAT. Complete sequencing.

By Instituto de Medicina Genomica Instituto de Medicina Genomica (Spain).

LCAT
Specificity
100 %
Genes
100 %
LCAT deficiency (sequence analysis of LCAT gene).

By CGC Genetics (Portugal).

LCAT
Specificity
100 %
Genes
100 %
Fish-eye disease.

By Laboratory for Molecular Diagnostics Center for Nephrology and Metabolic Disorders (Germany).

LCAT
Specificity
100 %
Genes
100 %
Test for Lecithin Cholesterol Acyltransferase Deficiency.

By Laboratory for Molecular Diagnostics Center for Nephrology and Metabolic Disorders (Germany).

LCAT
Specificity
100 %
Genes
100 %
Fish-Eye Disease and Norum Disease via LCAT Gene Sequencing with CNV Detection.

By PreventionGenetics PreventionGenetics (United States).

LCAT
Specificity
100 %
Genes
100 %

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Sources and references

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