Rare diseases · Sign or symptom
Short foot
Short feet
HP:0001773
What it means
A measured foot length that is more than 2 SD below the mean for a newborn of 27 - 41 weeks gestation, or foot that is less than the 3rd centile for individuals from birth to 16 years of age (objective). Alternatively, a foot that appears disproportionately short (subjective).
Rare diseases that can present with this84
Very common80–99%
26- 1p36deletion syndrome
- Aarskog-Scott syndrome
- Achondrogenesis type 1B
- Acromesomelic dysplasia, Grebe type
- Brachydactyly type A1
- Brachydactyly type B
- Brachydactyly type B2
- Cornelia de Lange syndrome
- Dysplastic cortical hyperostosis, Al-Gazali type
- Mesomelia-synostoses syndrome
- Microtriplication 11q24.1 syndrome
- Peters plus syndrome
- Platyspondylic dysplasia, Torrance type
- Sanjad-Sakati syndrome
- Short rib-polydactyly syndrome, Verma-Naumoff type
- SHOX-related short stature
- Simpson-Golabi-Behmel syndrome
- Temple syndrome
- Temple syndrome due to maternal uniparental disomy of chromosome 14
- Temple syndrome due to paternal 14q32.2 hypomethylation
- Temple syndrome due to paternal 14q32.2 microdeletion
- Ventricular extrasystoles with syncopal episodes-perodactyly-Robin sequence syndrome
- Wilson-Turner syndrome
- X-linked dominant chondrodysplasia, Chassaing-Lacombe type
- X-linked intellectual disability, Armfield type
- Xq27.3q28duplication syndrome
Common30–79%
40- 20q11.2microduplication syndrome
- 2q37microdeletion syndrome
- 4q21microdeletion syndrome
- 8q12microduplication syndrome
- Achondrogenesis type 1A
- Acrogeria
- Acrootoocular syndrome
- Atypical Rett syndrome
- Autosomal recessive faciodigitogenital syndrome
- Autosomal recessive Kenny-Caffey syndrome
- Brachydactyly type A2
- Camptodactyly syndrome, Guadalajara type 3
- CHIME syndrome
- Dermatosparaxis Ehlers-Danlos syndrome
- Dubowitz syndrome
- Eiken syndrome
- Geleophysic dysplasia
- Jeune syndrome
- Metaphyseal dysostosis-intellectual disability-conductive deafness syndrome
- Muenke syndrome
- Multiple congenital anomalies-hypotonia-seizures syndrome
- Oculo-palato-cerebral syndrome
- Pentasomy X syndrome
- Pfeiffer syndrome type 1
- Pfeiffer syndrome type 2
- Pfeiffer syndrome type 3
- Prader-Willi syndrome
- Prader-Willi syndrome due to imprinting mutation
- Prader-Willi syndrome due to maternal uniparental disomy of chromosome 15
- Prader-Willi syndrome due to paternal 15q11q13 deletion
- Prader-Willi syndrome due to paternal deletion of 15q11q13 type 1
- Prader-Willi syndrome due to paternal deletion of 15q11q13 type 2
- Prader-Willi syndrome due to translocation
- Pycnodysostosis
- Schaaf-Yang syndrome
- SIM1-related Prader-Willi-like syndrome
- Syndactyly type 2
- Urban-Rogers-Meyer syndrome
- X-linked intellectual disability, Cabezas type
- X-linked intellectual disability, Nascimento type
Sometimes5–29%
14- 11q22.2q22.3microdeletion syndrome
- 14q22q23microdeletion syndrome
- 1q21.1microdeletion syndrome
- 2q31.1microdeletion syndrome
- Andersen-Tawil syndrome
- Cortical dysgenesis with pontocerebellar hypoplasia due to TUBB3 mutation
- Distal deletion 6p syndrome
- Hallermann-Streiff syndrome
and 6 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: Hypoplastic feet · Small feet
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