Rare diseases · Sign or symptom
Elbow dislocation
Dislocations of the elbows
HP:0003042
What it means
Dislocation of the distal humerus out of the elbow joint, where the radius, ulna, and humerus meet.
Rare diseases that can present with this45
Very common80–99%
16- Acromesomelic dysplasia, Hunter-Thompson type
- Auriculoosteodysplasia
- Autosomal dominant omodysplasia
- Autosomal recessive omodysplasia
- Brachydactyly-elbow wrist dysplasia syndrome
- Conductive deafness-ptosis-skeletal anomalies syndrome
- Hypermobile Ehlers-Danlos syndrome
- Mesomelic dwarfism-cleft palate-camptodactyly syndrome
- Mesomelic dwarfism, Reinhardt-Pfeiffer type
- Mesomelic dysplasia, Nievergelt type
- Mietens syndrome
- Ophthalmomandibulomelic dysplasia
- Pseudodiastrophic dysplasia
- Thoracomelic dysplasia
- Ulna hypoplasia-intellectual disability syndrome
- W syndrome
Common30–79%
14- 48,XXXY syndrome
- 48,XXYY syndrome
- 49,XXXXY syndrome
- Aphalangy-hemivertebrae-urogenital-intestinal dysgenesis syndrome
- Atelosteogenesis type III
- Autosomal recessive Robinow syndrome
- Cornelia de Lange syndrome
- Desbuquois syndrome
- Isolated humero-radial synostosis
- Léri-Weill dyschondrosteosis
- Mesomelic dysplasia, Savarirayan type
- Otopalatodigital syndrome type 1
- Otopalatodigital syndrome type 2
- Proximal symphalangism
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: Elbow dislocations · Radiocapitellar dislocation · Radiohumeral dislocation · Ulnohumeral dislocation
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