Rare diseases · Sign or symptom
Short lingual frenulum
HP:0000200
What it means
The presence of an abnormally short lingual frenulum.
Rare diseases that can present with this8
Common30–79%
3The 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: Deficiency of lingual frenulum · Hypoplasia of lingual frenulum · Hypoplasia of lingual frenum · Hypoplasia of tongue frenulum · Hypoplasia of tongue frenum · Short lingual frenum · Short tongue frenulum · Short tongue frenum
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