Rare diseases · Sign or symptom
Poor wound healing
HP:0001058
What it means
A reduced ability to heal cutaneous wounds.
Rare diseases that can present with this24
Very common80–99%
3Common30–79%
12- Cardiac-valvular Ehlers-Danlos syndrome
- Classical Ehlers-Danlos syndrome
- Classical-like Ehlers-Danlos syndrome type 1
- Cushing disease
- Cushing syndrome due to ectopic ACTH secretion
- Hereditary sensory and autonomic neuropathy type 1
- Hereditary sensory and autonomic neuropathy type 5
- Large/giant congenital melanocytic nevus
- Livedoid vasculopathy
- Periodontal Ehlers-Danlos syndrome
- Porphyria cutanea tarda
- Severe hemophilia A
Sometimes5–29%
8- Autosomal dominant palmoplantar keratoderma and congenital alopecia
- Brittle cornea syndrome
- Congenital factor XIII deficiency
- Focal dermal hypoplasia
- HELLP syndrome
- Kyphoscoliotic Ehlers-Danlos syndrome
- Kyphoscoliotic Ehlers-Danlos syndrome due to lysyl hydroxylase 1 deficiency
- Myopathic Ehlers-Danlos 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
Poor wound healing
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