Thursday, November 28, 2013

List of Birth Defects and Congenital Disorders

What is Birth defect (congenital disorder)?

Birth defects are health conditions that are present at birth and often before birth. Mainaly, there are two types of birth defects i.e. structural and functional/developmental.

The following is the list of birth defects and congenital disorders:

  1. Aglossia
  2. Albinism
  3. Ambras Syndrome
  4. Anencephaly
  5. Aniridia
  6. Anophthalmos / Microphthalmo
  7. Anorectal atresia / stenosis
  8. Anotia / Microtia
  9. Arhinencephaly / Holoprosencephaly
  10. Autism
  11. Bloom Syndrome
  12. Brachydactlia
  13. Cerebral Palsy
  14. Chromatelopsia
  15. Cleft foot and hand
  16. Cleft lip with or without cleft palate
  17. Cleft palate without cleft lip
  18. Club Foot
  19. Coarctation of aorta
  20. Craniopagus parasiticus
  21. Cyclopia
  22. Cystic kidney
  23. Diaphragmatic hernia
  24. Down syndrome
  25. Dwarnian ear
  26. Fetus in Foetu
  27. Fibrodysplasia ossificans progressiva
  28. Fused limbs
  29. Gastroschisis
  30. Heterochromia
  31. Hydrocephaly
  32. Hypoplastic left heart syndrome
  33. Hypospadias
  34. Indeterminate sex
  35. Limb reduction defects
  36. Oesophageal atresia / stenosis with or without fistula
  37. Omphalocele
  38. Polydactyly, preaxial
  39. Polydatyly
  40. Progeria
  41. Renal agenesis
  42. Siamese Twins
  43. Small intestine atresia / stenosis
  44. Spina bifida
  45. Tetralogy of Fallot
  46. Transposition of Great Vessels
  47. Trisomy 13
  48. Trisomy 18
  49. Vestigial Tail