Rare diseases · Sign or symptom
Flexion contracture of finger
HP:0012785
What it means
Chronic loss of joint motion in a finger due to structural changes in non-bony tissue.
Note that the term camptodactyly refers to a painless flexion contracture of the proximal interphalangeal (PIP) joint and not to a finger joint contracture in general.
Rare diseases that can present with this16
Common30–79%
5Sometimes5–29%
10- Anoctamin-5-related limb-girdle muscular dystrophy R12
- Autosomal recessive myogenic arthrogryposis multiplex congenita
- Brittle cornea syndrome
- Charcot-Marie-Tooth disease type 1F
- Congenital fiber-type disproportion myopathy
- Haim-Munk syndrome
- Intellectual disability syndrome due to a DYRK1A point mutation
- Kagami-Ogata syndrome due to maternal 14q32.2 microdeletion
and 2 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: Flexion deformity of finger
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