Rare diseases · Sign or symptom
Sparse eyelashes
Scant eyelashes
HP:0000653
What it means
Decreased density/number of eyelashes.
Rare diseases that can present with this27
Very common80–99%
10- Acrofacial dysostosis, Palagonia type
- Ankyloblepharon-ectodermal defects-cleft lip/palate syndrome
- Autosomal dominant palmoplantar keratoderma and congenital alopecia
- FLOTCH syndrome
- GAPO syndrome
- Hidrotic ectodermal dysplasia, Christianson-Fourie type
- Hypotrichosis simplex
- Neonatal ichthyosis-sclerosing cholangitis syndrome
- Proximal 16p11.2 microduplication syndrome
- Trichorhinophalangeal syndrome type 1
Common30–79%
11- B4GALT7-related spondylodysplastic Ehlers-Danlos syndrome
- Cerebrooculonasal syndrome
- Frontonasal dysplasia-severe microphthalmia-severe facial clefting syndrome
- Global developmental delay-alopecia-macrocephaly-facial dysmorphism-structural brain anomalies syndrome
- Hallermann-Streiff syndrome
- Hidrotic ectodermal dysplasia
- Keratosis follicularis spinulosa decalvans
- KID syndrome
- Netherton syndrome
- Rothmund-Thomson syndrome
- Yunis-Varon syndrome
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: Hypotrichosis of eyelashes · Partial absence of eyelashes · Scanty eyelashes · Thin eyelashes
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