Ruiter-Pompen syndrome

An inherited metabolic disorder where phospholipids are deposited mostly in the blood vessels as well as other tissues and organs. Symptoms include skin lesions, small red spots on the abdomen, thighs and scrotum, fever, peripheral edema, hypertension and renal failure. Also called Fabry's disease, Anderson's syndrome, Anderson-Fabry disease, Morbus Anderson-Fabry, angiokeratoma corporis diffusion or Sweeley-Klionsky disease.