Rare diseases · Sign or symptom
Joint dislocation
Joint dislocations
HP:0001373
What it means
Displacement or malalignment of joints.
Dislocation is defined as a complete disruption of the joint and subluxation is defined as a partial dislocation followed by relocation.
Rare diseases that can present with this45
Very common80–99%
12- Albers-Schönberg osteopetrosis
- Alkaptonuria
- Classical-like Ehlers-Danlos syndrome type 2
- Dermatosparaxis Ehlers-Danlos syndrome
- Dysspondyloenchondromatosis
- Grant syndrome
- Hypermobile Ehlers-Danlos syndrome
- Hypocalcemic vitamin D-resistant rickets
- Legg-Calvé-Perthes disease
- Microtriplication 11q24.1 syndrome
- Nicolaides-Baraitser syndrome
- Orofaciodigital syndrome type 4
Common30–79%
16- Acrodysostosis
- Cardiac-valvular Ehlers-Danlos syndrome
- CINCA syndrome
- Classical Ehlers-Danlos syndrome
- C syndrome
- Diastrophic dysplasia
- Gaucher disease
- Kabuki syndrome
- Kyphoscoliotic Ehlers-Danlos syndrome
- Kyphoscoliotic Ehlers-Danlos syndrome due to lysyl hydroxylase 1 deficiency
- Mucopolysaccharidosis type 4
- Spondylodysplastic Ehlers-Danlos syndrome
- Stickler syndrome
- Trichorhinophalangeal syndrome type 2
- Ventricular extrasystoles with syncopal episodes-perodactyly-Robin sequence syndrome
- XYLT1-CDG
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, and Orphanet separately records 1 disease where this sign is specifically absent. A sign on this page is a conversation to have with a clinician, not a conclusion.
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