Rare diseases · Sign or symptom
Femoral bowing
Bowed thighbone
HP:0002980
What it means
Bowing (abnormal curvature) of the femur.
Rare diseases that can present with this13
Very common80–99%
3Common30–79%
8- Autosomal dominant myopia-midfacial retrusion-sensorineural hearing loss-rhizomelic dysplasia syndrome
- Campomelic dysplasia
- Metaphyseal chondrodysplasia, Schmid type
- MOMO syndrome
- Osteogenesis imperfecta
- Severe achondroplasia-developmental delay-acanthosis nigricans syndrome
- Spondyloepimetaphyseal dysplasia, Missouri type
- Weismann-Netter syndrome
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: Bowed femur · Bowed femura · Bowed femurs
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