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Abnormality of the skeletal system

MedGen UID:
867418
Concept ID:
C4021790
Anatomical Abnormality
Synonyms: Skeletal abnormalities; Skeletal anomalies
 
HPO: HP:0000924

Definition

An abnormality of the skeletal system. [from HPO]

Term Hierarchy

CClinical test,  RResearch test,  OOMIM,  GGeneReviews,  VClinVar  
  • CROGVAbnormality of the skeletal system

Conditions with this feature

Letterer-Siwe disease
MedGen UID:
7311
Concept ID:
C0023381
Disease or Syndrome
A multifocal, multisystem form of Langerhans-cell histiocytosis. There is involvement of multiple organ systems including the bones, skin, liver, spleen, and lymph nodes. Patients are usually infants presenting with fever, hepatosplenomegaly, lymphadenopathy, bone and skin lesions, and pancytopenia.
Gorham-Stout disease
MedGen UID:
45248
Concept ID:
C0029438
Disease or Syndrome
Gorham-Stout disease (GSD) is a rare disease of massive osteolysis associated with proliferation and dilation of lymphatic vessels. GSD may affect any bone in the body and can be monostotic or polyostotic. Symptoms at presentation are dependent upon the location(s) of the disease; the most common symptom is localized pain. The disease may be discovered after a pathological fracture.
Induratio penis plastica
MedGen UID:
10629
Concept ID:
C0030848
Disease or Syndrome
Fibromatosis arising from the soft tissues of the penis. It is characterized by the presence of spindle-shaped fibroblasts, and an infiltrative growth pattern. It causes the penis to bend when it becomes erect.
Raynaud disease
MedGen UID:
20473
Concept ID:
C0034734
Disease or Syndrome
An episodic vasoconstriction resulting in discoloration of the skin and pain in the affected areas, often involving fingers or toes. Classically associated with triphasic color changes (white, blue, red) but may be biphasic. Often occurs in response to cold temperatures or emotional stress. May be primary or secondary to an underlying autoimmune disease.
Rotor syndrome
MedGen UID:
67435
Concept ID:
C0220991
Disease or Syndrome
Rotor syndrome is characterized by mild conjugated and unconjugated hyperbilirubinemia that usually begins shortly after birth or in childhood. Jaundice may be intermittent. Conjunctival icterus may be the only clinical manifestation.
Knuckle pads
MedGen UID:
78103
Concept ID:
C0264000
Disease or Syndrome
Skoog (1948) defined knuckle pads as 'subcutaneous nodules on the dorsal aspect of the proximal interphalangeal joints.'
Tibial hemimelia
MedGen UID:
120551
Concept ID:
C0265633
Congenital Abnormality
Tibial hemimelia is a rare anomaly characterized by deficiency of the tibia with relatively intact fibula. Jones et al. (1978) classified the anomaly into 4 types according to radiologic criteria. It may present as an isolated anomaly or be associated with a variety of skeletal and extraskeletal malformations. Tibial hemimelia may also constitute a part of a more complicated malformation complex or syndrome, such as the Gollop-Wolfgang complex (228250) and triphalangeal thumb-polysyndactyly syndrome (see 174500 and 188740) (Matsuyama et al., 2003). McKay et al. (1984) reviewed syndromes of congenital defects in which tibial hemimelia is a feature.
Dysmorphic sialidosis with renal involvement
MedGen UID:
82778
Concept ID:
C0268232
Congenital Abnormality
Adducted thumb
MedGen UID:
98140
Concept ID:
C0431886
Congenital Abnormality
In the resting position, the tip of the thumb is on, or near, the palm, close to the base of the fourth or fifth finger.
Dysplasia epiphysealis hemimelica
MedGen UID:
96591
Concept ID:
C0432282
Disease or Syndrome
A rare bone development disorder characterized by localized, asymmetric osteochondral overgrowth affecting single or multiple epiphyses, most commonly the distal femur, proximal tibia, and talus. The lesions are typically restricted to one side of the epiphysis, with the medial side being affected twice as often as the lateral side. The condition is usually diagnosed in children, and three times more often in boys than in girls. Patients present with pain, limitation in range of motion, and deformity or swelling of the affected joint.
Spinocerebellar ataxia type 2
MedGen UID:
155704
Concept ID:
C0752121
Disease or Syndrome
Spinocerebellar ataxia type 2 (SCA2) is characterized by progressive cerebellar ataxia, including nystagmus, slow saccadic eye movements, and in some individuals, ophthalmoparesis or parkinsonism. Pyramidal findings are present; deep tendon reflexes are brisk early on and absent later in the course. Age of onset is typically in the fourth decade with a ten- to 15-year disease duration.
Van den Bosch syndrome
MedGen UID:
162920
Concept ID:
C0796192
Disease or Syndrome
Syndrome that is characterised by intellectual deficit, choroideraemia, acrokeratosis verruciformis, anhidrosis, and skeletal deformities. It has been observed in a single kindred. The syndrome is transmitted as an X-linked recessive trait and may be caused by a small X-chromosome deletion.
Exostoses of heel
MedGen UID:
209099
Concept ID:
C0877431
Disease or Syndrome
Spinal arachnoiditis
MedGen UID:
318191
Concept ID:
C1710146
Disease or Syndrome
A chronic adhesive arachnoiditis in the spinal arachnoid, with root and spinal cord symptoms similar to those caused by pressure from a tumor.
Monophalangy of great toe
MedGen UID:
320429
Concept ID:
C1834753
Disease or Syndrome
Pachydermodactyly, familial
MedGen UID:
324974
Concept ID:
C1838218
Disease or Syndrome
Infantile osteopetrosis with neuroaxonal dysplasia
MedGen UID:
373924
Concept ID:
C1838258
Disease or Syndrome
This syndrome is characterized by osteopetrosis, agenesis of the corpus callosum, cerebral atrophy and a small hippocampus.
Pachygyria-intellectual disability-epilepsy syndrome
MedGen UID:
333107
Concept ID:
C1838491
Disease or Syndrome
This autosomal recessive neurodevelopmental disorder is characterized by pachygyria, mental retardation, seizures, and diffuse localization of arachnoid cysts. It most likely represents a neuronal migration disorder within the lissencephaly spectrum (summary by Guzel et al., 2007).
Wolfram syndrome, mitochondrial form
MedGen UID:
325511
Concept ID:
C1838782
Disease or Syndrome
Hhhh syndrome
MedGen UID:
336099
Concept ID:
C1844019
Disease or Syndrome
Double nail for fifth toe
MedGen UID:
343705
Concept ID:
C1852023
Congenital Abnormality
Congenital trigeminal anesthesia
MedGen UID:
342259
Concept ID:
C1852541
Disease or Syndrome
A rare neuro-ophthalmological disorder characterised by a congenital sensory deficit involving all or some of the sensory components of the trigeminal nerve. Due to corneal anaesthesia, it usually presents with recurrent, painless eye infections, painless corneal opacities and/or poorly healing, ulcerated wounds on the facial skin and mucosa (typically the buccal mucosa and/or nasal septum).
Megaepiphyseal dwarfism
MedGen UID:
383654
Concept ID:
C1855310
Disease or Syndrome
Macrosomia adiposa congenita
MedGen UID:
340875
Concept ID:
C1855468
Disease or Syndrome
Hypouricemia, hypercalcinuria, and decreased bone density
MedGen UID:
343419
Concept ID:
C1855793
Disease or Syndrome
Ectodermal dysplasia-intellectual disability-central nervous system malformation syndrome
MedGen UID:
347363
Concept ID:
C1857053
Disease or Syndrome
Ectodermal dysplasia-intellectual disability-central nervous system malformation syndrome is a rare, multiple developmental anomalies syndrome characterized by the triad of ectodermal dysplasia (mostly hypohidrotic with dry skin and reduced sweating and sparse, fair scalp hair, eyebrows and eyelashes), severe intellectual disability and variable central nervous system anomalies (cerebellar hypoplasia, dilatation of ventricles, corpus callosum agenesis, Dandy-Walker malformation). Distinct craniofacial dysmorphism with macrocephaly, frontal bossing, midfacial hypoplasia and high arched or cleft palate, as well as cryptorchidism, feeding difficulties and hypotonia, are associated. There have been no further descriptions in the literature since 1998.
Circumvallate placenta syndrome
MedGen UID:
347062
Concept ID:
C1859089
Disease or Syndrome
Cerebellar ataxia-hypogonadism syndrome
MedGen UID:
349137
Concept ID:
C1859305
Disease or Syndrome
PNPLA6 disorders span a phenotypic continuum characterized by variable combinations of cerebellar ataxia; upper motor neuron involvement manifesting as spasticity and/or brisk reflexes; chorioretinal dystrophy associated with variable degrees of reduced visual function; and hypogonadotropic hypogonadism (delayed puberty and lack of secondary sex characteristics). The hypogonadotropic hypogonadism occurs either in isolation or as part of anterior hypopituitarism (growth hormone, thyroid hormone, or gonadotropin deficiencies). Common but less frequent features are peripheral neuropathy (usually of axonal type manifesting as reduced distal reflexes, diminished vibratory sensation, and/or distal muscle wasting); hair anomalies (long eyelashes, bushy eyebrows, or scalp alopecia); short stature; and impaired cognitive functioning (learning disabilities in children; deficits in attention, visuospatial abilities, and recall in adults). Some of these features can occur in distinct clusters on the phenotypic continuum: Boucher-Neuhäuser syndrome (cerebellar ataxia, chorioretinal dystrophy, and hypogonadotropic hypogonadism); Gordon Holmes syndrome (cerebellar ataxia, hypogonadotropic hypogonadism, and – to a variable degree – brisk reflexes); Oliver-McFarlane syndrome (trichomegaly, chorioretinal dystrophy, short stature, intellectual disability, and hypopituitarism); Laurence-Moon syndrome; and spastic paraplegia type 39 (SPG39) (upper motor neuron involvement, peripheral neuropathy, and sometimes reduced cognitive functioning and/or cerebellar ataxia).
Beemer-Ertbruggen syndrome
MedGen UID:
347174
Concept ID:
C1859526
Disease or Syndrome
A lethal malformation syndrome reported in 2 brothers of first-cousin parents with characteristics of hydrocephalus, cardiac malformation, dense bones and unusual facies with down-slanting palpebral fissures, bulbous nose, broad nasal bridge, micrognathia and a long upper lip. Transmission is likely autosomal recessive. There have been no further descriptions in the literature since 1984.
Toes, relative length of first and second
MedGen UID:
396051
Concept ID:
C1861059
Finding
Toe, misshapen
MedGen UID:
396052
Concept ID:
C1861061
Finding
Toe, fifth, number of phalanges 1N
MedGen UID:
348255
Concept ID:
C1861062
Finding
Carpal displacement
MedGen UID:
348468
Concept ID:
C1861847
Anatomical Abnormality
Pubic bone dysplasia
MedGen UID:
356777
Concept ID:
C1867436
Disease or Syndrome
Palmaris longus muscle, absence of
MedGen UID:
357025
Concept ID:
C1868661
Congenital Abnormality
Bifid nose, autosomal dominant
MedGen UID:
414016
Concept ID:
C2751431
Disease or Syndrome
COG7 congenital disorder of glycosylation
MedGen UID:
419311
Concept ID:
C2931010
Disease or Syndrome
CDG IIe is caused by a mutation that impairs the integrity of the conserved oligomeric Golgi (COG) complex and alters Golgi trafficking, resulting in the disruption of multiple glycosylation pathways. For a general discussion of CDGs, see CDG1A (212065).
Short stature and advanced bone age, with or without early-onset osteoarthritis and/or osteochondritis dissecans
MedGen UID:
777109
Concept ID:
C3665488
Disease or Syndrome
Patients with SSOAD exhibit a broad phenotypic spectrum involving short stature associated with advanced bone maturation and early-onset osteoarthritis (OA), as well as mild dysmorphic features consisting of midface hypoplasia, brachydactyly, broad great toes, and lumbar lordosis. Other features include intervertebral disc disease and osteochondritis dissecans, which is characterized by separation of articular cartilage and subchondral bone from the articular surface. Phenotypes are highly variable even among patients within the same family, and there are no apparent genotype-phenotype correlations (Dateki et al., 2017). The term 'dissecans' comes from 'dis' meaning 'from' and 'secare' meaning 'cut off,' and is not to be confused with 'desiccans' derived from 'desiccare' meaning to 'dry up.' Dissecans refers to the appearance of part of the bone having been cut away.
Tracheobroncheopathia osteoplastica
MedGen UID:
854438
Concept ID:
C3887588
Disease or Syndrome
A rare idiopathic, benign respiratory disease characterized by submucosal cartilaginous and/or bony nodules presenting in the trachea with or without the involvement of the major bronchi; involvement is potentially anywhere along the anterior and lateral walls of the tracheobronchial tree with sparing the posterior walls.
Band heterotopia of brain
MedGen UID:
924885
Concept ID:
C4284594
Disease or Syndrome
Vesicoureteral reflux 1
MedGen UID:
1644868
Concept ID:
C4551858
Disease or Syndrome
Galloway-Mowat syndrome 7
MedGen UID:
1679283
Concept ID:
C5193044
Disease or Syndrome
Galloway-Mowat syndrome-7 (GAMOS7) is an autosomal recessive disorder characterized by developmental delay, microcephaly, and early-onset nephrotic syndrome (summary by Rosti et al., 2017). For a general phenotypic description and a discussion of genetic heterogeneity of GAMOS, see GAMOS1 (251300).
Developmental delay, impaired speech, and behavioral abnormalities
MedGen UID:
1794167
Concept ID:
C5561957
Disease or Syndrome
Developmental delay, impaired speech, and behavioral abnormalities (DDISBA) is characterized by global developmental delay apparent from early childhood. Intellectual disability can range from mild to severe. Additional variable features may include dysmorphic facial features, seizures, hypotonia, motor abnormalities such as Tourette syndrome or dystonia, and hearing loss (summary by Cousin et al., 2021).

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Kucińska-Chahwan A, Roszkowski T, Nowakowska B, Geremek M, Paczkowska M, Bijok J, Massalska D
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