Rare diseases · Sign or symptom
Short femoral neck
Short neck of thighbone
HP:0100864
What it means
An abnormally short femoral neck (which is the process of bone, connecting the femoral head with the femoral shaft).
Rare diseases that can present with this19
Very common80–99%
2Common30–79%
5Sometimes5–29%
11- Axial spondylometaphyseal dysplasia
- Kagami-Ogata syndrome due to paternal uniparental disomy of chromosome 14
- Multiple epiphyseal dysplasia type 4
- Progressive pseudorheumatoid dysplasia
- Pseudoachondroplasia
- Spondylodysplastic Ehlers-Danlos syndrome
- Spondyloepimetaphyseal dysplasia, Handigodu type
- Spondyloepiphyseal dysplasia congenita
and 3 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. A sign on this page is a conversation to have with a clinician, not a conclusion.
Part of the broader category
Also called: Hypoplasia of the femoral neck · Hypoplastic femoral neck · Short femoral necks
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