Rare diseases · Sign or symptom
Self-mutilation
Deliberate self-harm
HP:0000742
What it means
Deliberate harm to one's body resulting in tissue damage, without a conscious intent to die.
Rare diseases that can present with this20
Very common80–99%
2Common30–79%
5Sometimes5–29%
13- 1p21.3microdeletion syndrome
- Alazami syndrome
- Argininosuccinic aciduria
- CNTNAP2-related developmental and epileptic encephalopathy
- Distal deletion 12q syndrome
- Infantile hypotonia-oculomotor anomalies-hyperkinetic movements-developmental delay syndrome
- Intellectual disability-balding-patella luxation-acromicria syndrome
- Micrognathia-recurrent infections-behavioral abnormalities-mild intellectual disability syndrome
and 5 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, 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.
Part of the broader category
Also called: Self mutilation
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