Rare diseases · Sign or symptom
Tapered finger
Tapered fingertips
HP:0001182
What it means
The gradual reduction in girth of the finger from proximal to distal.
Rare diseases that can present with this74
Very common80–99%
21- Acrocraniofacial dysostosis
- Acromegaly
- Ahmad syndrome
- Borjeson-Forssman-Lehmann syndrome
- Coffin-Lowry syndrome
- Cohen syndrome
- Hereditary sensory and autonomic neuropathy type 2
- Intellectual disability-obesity-brain malformations-facial dysmorphism syndrome
- Multiple pterygium-malignant hyperthermia syndrome
- Opsismodysplasia
- PEHO syndrome
- Pitt-Hopkins syndrome
- Ring chromosome 10 syndrome
- Satoyoshi syndrome
- Somatomammotropinoma
- Symptomatic form of Coffin-Lowry syndrome in female carriers
- Toluene embryopathy
- Ventricular extrasystoles with syncopal episodes-perodactyly-Robin sequence syndrome
- Wilson-Turner syndrome
- X-linked intellectual disability, Stevenson type
- Xp22.13p22.2duplication syndrome
Common30–79%
27- 16p12.1p12.3triplication syndrome
- 2p15p16.1microdeletion syndrome
- 2q31.1microdeletion syndrome
- 8p23.1microdeletion syndrome
- 9q31.1q31.3microdeletion syndrome
- Alport syndrome-intellectual disability-midface hypoplasia-elliptocytosis syndrome
- Aphonia-deafness-retinal dystrophy-bifid halluces-intellectual disability syndrome
- Aymé-Gripp syndrome
- DYRK1A-related intellectual disability syndrome due to 21q22.13q22.2 microdeletion
- Early-onset seizures-distal limb anomalies-facial dysmorphism-global developmental delay syndrome
- Hereditary bullous dystrophy, macular type
- Megalocornea-intellectual disability syndrome
- MEHMO syndrome
- Microcephaly-facial dysmorphism-ocular anomalies-multiple congenital anomalies syndrome
- Micrognathia-recurrent infections-behavioral abnormalities-mild intellectual disability syndrome
- Monosomy 18q syndrome
- Multiple congenital anomalies-hypotonia-seizures syndrome
- Musculocontractural Ehlers-Danlos syndrome
- Parana hard skin syndrome
- PHIP-related behavioral problems-intellectual disability-obesity-dysmorphic features syndrome
- Qazi-Markouizos syndrome
- Severe microbrachycephaly-intellectual disability-athetoid cerebral palsy syndrome
- SLC39A13-related spondylodysplastic Ehlers-Danlos syndrome
- Wiedemann-Steiner syndrome
- X-linked microcephaly-growth retardation-prognathism-cryptorchidism syndrome
- X small rings 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: Distally tapering fingers · Tapered fingers · Tapering fingers
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