Rare diseases · Sign or symptom
Abnormal cheek morphology
Abnormality of the cheek
HP:0004426
What it means
An abnormality of the cheek- one of two bilateral soft tissue facial structures in the region of the face inferior to the eyes and between the nose and the ear. "Buccal" means relating to the cheek. The cheek is part of the midface
Rare diseases that can present with this7
Very common80–99%
3Common30–79%
3The range is how often this sign appears among people diagnosed with each disease — it is not a probability of having any of them. Many of these signs also occur in common, non-rare conditions. A sign on this page is a conversation to have with a clinician, not a conclusion.
Part of the broader category
Also called: Abnormality of the cheeks · Anomaly of the cheeks · Deformity of the cheeks · Malformation of the cheeks
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