Rare diseases · Sign or symptom
Sparse lateral eyebrow
Limited hair on end of eyebrow
HP:0005338
What it means
Decreased density/number and/or decreased diameter of lateral eyebrow hairs.
Abnormal sparseness of the eyebrows laterally.
Rare diseases that can present with this18
Very common80–99%
4Common30–79%
12- 14q11.2microdeletion syndrome
- 19q13.11microdeletion syndrome
- Aicardi syndrome
- Blepharonasofacial malformation syndrome
- Cleft lip/palate-ectodermal dysplasia syndrome
- Dubowitz syndrome
- Focal facial dermal dysplasia type I
- Focal facial dermal dysplasia type III
- Hypohidrosis-enamel hypoplasia-palmoplantar keratoderma-intellectual disability syndrome
- Intellectual disability-seizures-abnormal gait-facial dysmorphism syndrome
- Severe neonatal hypotonia-seizures-encephalopathy syndrome due to 5q31.3 microdeletion
- Trichodermodysplasia-dental alterations 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: Lateral hypoplasia of eyebrows · Lateral thinning of eyebrows · Laterally sparse eyebrow · Laterally sparse eyebrows · Sparse lateral eyebrows
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