PEPD

Professionals

Clinical features

  • Skin lesions characterized by severe, chronic, recalcitrant, and painful skin ulcers in the lower extremities
  • Recurrent infections 
  • Dysmorphic facial features
  • Variable intellectual disability
  • Hepatomegaly with elevated liver enzymes and splenomegaly
  • Anemia, thrombocytopenia, hypergammaglobulinemia, and hypocomplementemia are common
  • An association between Systemic Lupus Erythematosus (SLE) and Prolidase Deficiency has been described

Prevalence
Approximately 100 affected individuals have been reported in the literature, however Prolidase Deficiency likely remains underdiagnosed as a result of under-recognition by physicians.

Inheritance
Prolidase Deficiency is inherited in an autosomal recessive manner.