Rare diseases · Sign or symptom
Abnormal dermatoglyphics
Abnormal fingerprints
HP:0007477
What it means
An abnormality of dermatoglyphs (fingerprints), which are present on fingers, palms, toes, and soles.
Rare diseases that can present with this60
Very common80–99%
32- 48,XYYY syndrome
- Absence of fingerprints-congenital milia syndrome
- Achalasia-microcephaly syndrome
- Acrofacial dysostosis, Catania type
- Cataract-intellectual disability-hypogonadism syndrome
- CHIME syndrome
- Conductive deafness-ptosis-skeletal anomalies syndrome
- Congenital heart defect-round face-developmental delay syndrome
- Craniodigital-intellectual disability syndrome
- Cryptomicrotia-brachydactyly-excess fingertip arch syndrome
- Deafness-genital anomalies-metacarpal and metatarsal synostosis syndrome
- Deafness-intellectual disability syndrome, Martin-Probst type
- Distal deletion 17q syndrome
- Epiphyseal dysplasia-hearing loss-dysmorphism syndrome
- Extrasystoles-short stature-hyperpigmentation-microcephaly syndrome
- Fetal hydantoin syndrome
- Hidrotic ectodermal dysplasia, Halal type
- Kabuki syndrome
- Microcephalic primordial dwarfism, Montreal type
- Monosomy 9p syndrome
- Otofaciocervical syndrome
- Postaxial acrofacial dysostosis
- Progeroid syndrome, Petty type
- Radial hypoplasia-triphalangeal thumbs-hypospadias-maxillary diastema syndrome
- Radioulnar synostosis-developmental delay-hypotonia syndrome
- Radioulnar synostosis-microcephaly-scoliosis syndrome
- Severe microbrachycephaly-intellectual disability-athetoid cerebral palsy syndrome
- Short stature-wormian bones-dextrocardia syndrome
- Smith-Lemli-Opitz syndrome
- Thoraco-abdominal enteric duplication
- Trisomy 9p syndrome
- X-linked intellectual disability, Stevenson type
Common30–79%
21- Böök syndrome
- Cooper-Jabs syndrome
- Costello syndrome
- Crossed polysyndactyly
- Dermoodontodysplasia
- Distal duplication 18q syndrome
- Fetal alcohol syndrome
- Hand-foot-genital syndrome
- Hepatic fibrosis-renal cysts-intellectual disability syndrome
- IVIC syndrome
- Monosomy 13q14 syndrome
- Monosomy X syndrome
- Mosaic monosomy X syndrome
- Müllerian duct anomalies-limb anomalies syndrome
- Noonan syndrome
- Ring chromosome 12 syndrome
- Symphalangism with multiple anomalies of hands and feet
- Toluene embryopathy
- Trisomy 13 syndrome
- Turner syndrome
- Turner syndrome due to structural X chromosome anomalies
The 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: Dermatoglyphic abnormalities
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