Rare diseases · Sign or symptom
Short tibia
Short shinbone
HP:0005736
What it means
Underdevelopment (reduced size) of the tibia.
Rare diseases that can present with this12
Common30–79%
5Sometimes5–29%
4The 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 tibia · Hypoplastic tibia · Short skankbone · Short tibiae · Shortening of the shankbone · Shortening of the shinbone · Shortening of the tibia
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