Rare diseases · Sign or symptom
Abnormal pleura morphology
HP:0002103
What it means
An abnormality of the pulmonary pleura, the thin, transparent membrane which covers the lungs and lines the inside of the chest walls.
Rare diseases that can present with this20
Common30–79%
6Sometimes5–29%
11- Congenital pulmonary airway malformation
- Familial dysautonomia
- Giant cell arteritis
- Legionnaires disease
- Lethal intrauterine growth restriction-cortical malformation-congenital contractures syndrome
- Pulmonary fibrosis-hepatic hyperplasia-bone marrow hypoplasia syndrome
- Rheumatic fever
- Sézary syndrome
and 3 more in this range
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: Abnormality of the pleura
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