Definition of Congenital insensitivity to pain

1. Noun. (disease) A rare inborn disorder, the sufferers of which can not feel pain. ¹

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Medical Definition of Congenital insensitivity to pain

1. Autosomal recessive, neuropathic joints, micro- and macrofractures, epiphyseal separation, osteomyelitis (mandible, fingers, toes) Differential diagnosis: congenital insensitivity to pain with anhidrosis (autosomal recessive), hereditary sensory radicular neuropathy (autosomal recessive), congenital sensory neuropathy (autosomal dominant), familial dysautonomia (autosomal recessive), Lesch-Nyhan syndrome (X recessive) (12 Dec 1998)

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