Rare diseases · Sign or symptom
Pelvic girdle muscle atrophy
HP:0008988
What it means
Muscular atrophy affecting the muscles that attach to the pelvic girdle (the gluteal muscles, the lateral rotators, adductor magnus, adductor brevis, adductor longus, pectineus, and gracilis muscles).
Rare diseases that can present with this3
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: Pelvic girdle muscle wasting
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