Rare diseases · Sign or symptom
Hypoplasia of the frontal bone
Decreased size of bone of forehead
HP:0005466
What it means
Underdevelopment of the frontal bone.
Rare diseases that can present with this2
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: Hypoplastic frontal bones · Hypotrophic frontal bone · Hypotrophic frontal bones · Small bone of forehead · Thin bone of forehead · Underdevelopment of bone of forehead
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