Wide nasal ridge

What it means

Increased width of the nasal ridge.

This feature should be assessed in a frontal view. There is no objective measure of width. This may give the impression of a Depressed nasal ridge, but this should be assessed in profile and separately coded. Marked widening of the nasal ridge may be difficult to distinguish from a Bifid nose.

Rare diseases that can present with this6

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: Broad dorsum of nose · Broad nasal dorsum · Broad nasal ridge · Increased width of dorsum of nose · Increased width of nasal dorsum · Nasal ridge, wide · Wide dorsum of nose · Wide nasal dorsum