Get started free

Rare diseases · Sign or symptom

Aplasia of distal finger phalanx

Absent outermost hand bone

HP:0009881

Rare diseases that can present with this2

Very common80–99%

1

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

Aplasia/Hypoplasia of the distal phalanges of the handAplasia of the phalanges of the handFinger aplasia

Also called: Absent distal finger phalanges · Absent distal finger phalanx · Absent distal phalanges of the hand · Aplasia of outermost hand bone · Aplasia of the distal phalanges of the hand

Aplasia of distal finger phalanx

Tracking symptoms like this for someone? Eleplan keeps symptoms, diagnoses, medications and every specialist in one plan.

Start free with Eleplan

This page uses the Human Phenotype Ontology (2026-06-23) — Human Phenotype Ontology Consortium, hpo.jax.org. Disease associations from Orphanet (INSERM), CC BY 4.0. Content is educational and is not medical advice.