Rabson-Mendenhall syndrome (RMS) is a rare disorder involving severe insulin resistance due to mutations in the insulin receptor (INSR) gene. Obligatory symptoms are extreme hyperinsulinemia and profound insulin-resistance diabetes. Additional characteristics of RMS can include acanthosis nigricans, polycystic ovarian disease, hirsutism, precocity, pineal hyperplasia, and thick nails.
Category
Endocrine and metabolic disease
Brite
Human diseases in ICD-11 classification [BR:br08403]
05 Endocrine, nutritional or metabolic diseases
Endocrine diseases
Other disorders of glucose regulation or pancreatic internal secretion
5A44 Insulin-resistance syndromes
H00942 Rabson-Mendenhall syndrome
Pathway-based classification of diseases [BR:br08402]
Endocrine system
nt06325 Hormone/cytokine signaling
H00942 Rabson-Mendenhall syndrome