Rare diseases · Sign or symptom
Tibial bowing
Bowed shankbone
HP:0002982
What it means
A bending or abnormal curvature of the tibia.
A developmental defect with posteromedial tibial angulation.
Rare diseases that can present with this23
Very common80–99%
7Common30–79%
6Sometimes5–29%
9- Autosomal recessive otospondylomegaepiphyseal dysplasia
- Congenital insensitivity to pain with severe intellectual disability
- Growth delay-hydrocephaly-lung hypoplasia syndrome
- Kagami-Ogata syndrome due to paternal uniparental disomy of chromosome 14
- Oncogenic osteomalacia
- SATB2-associated syndrome due to a chromosomal rearrangement
- Schinzel-Giedion syndrome
- Spondylometaphyseal dysplasia, 'corner fracture' type
and 1 more in this range
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: Bowed shinbone · Bowed tibia · Bowing of the tibia
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