Rare diseases · Sign or symptom
Achilles tendon contracture
Shortening of the achilles tendon
HP:0001771
What it means
A contracture of the Achilles tendon.
Rare diseases that can present with this16
Common30–79%
6- Alpha-sarcoglycan-related limb-girdle muscular dystrophy R3
- Autosomal dominant Emery-Dreifuss muscular dystrophy
- Autosomal recessive Emery-Dreifuss muscular dystrophy
- Congenital muscular dystrophy without intellectual disability
- Emery-Dreifuss muscular dystrophy
- Infantile multisystem neurologic-endocrine-pancreatic disease
Sometimes5–29%
8- Alacrimia-choreoathetosis-liver dysfunction syndrome
- Autosomal recessive axonal neuropathy with neuromyotonia
- Bethlem muscular dystrophy
- Gamma-sarcoglycan-related limb-girdle muscular dystrophy R5
- Intellectual disability-strabismus syndrome
- Nail-patella syndrome
- Plectin-related limb-girdle muscular dystrophy R17
- X-linked Emery-Dreifuss muscular dystrophy
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: Achilles tendon contractures · Contractures of the Achilles tendon · Tight achilles tendon
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