Rare diseases · Sign or symptom
Coxa valga
HP:0002673
What it means
Coxa valga is a deformity of the hip in which the angle between the femoral shaft and the femoral neck is increased compared to age-adjusted values (about 150 degrees in newborns gradually reducing to 120-130 degrees in adults).
Rare diseases that can present with this32
Very common80–99%
4Common30–79%
14- 49,XXXXY syndrome
- Acrocraniofacial dysostosis
- Acrodysostosis
- Desbuquois syndrome
- Hutchinson-Gilford progeria syndrome
- Kagami-Ogata syndrome
- Marinesco-Sjögren syndrome
- Melnick-Needles syndrome
- Mucopolysaccharidosis type 4
- Odontochondrodysplasia
- Schwartz-Jampel syndrome
- Thrombocytopenia-absent radius syndrome
- X-linked intellectual disability-dysmorphism-cerebral atrophy syndrome
- XYLT1-CDG
Sometimes5–29%
12- 48,XXXY syndrome
- Alacrimia-choreoathetosis-liver dysfunction syndrome
- Arterial tortuosity syndrome
- Autosomal dominant Robinow syndrome
- Camurati-Engelmann disease
- COG1-CDG
- Distal 22q11.2 microdeletion syndrome
- Kagami-Ogata syndrome due to paternal uniparental disomy of chromosome 14
and 4 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: Coxa valga deformity · Valgus hip
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