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Slender humerus

MedGen UID:
867473
•Concept ID:
C4021851
•
Finding
Synonym: Slender long bone of upper arm
 
HPO: HP:0003882

Definition

Reduction in diameter of the humerus. [from HPO]

Term Hierarchy

CClinical test,  RResearch test,  OOMIM,  GGeneReviews,  VClinVar  
  • CROGVSlender humerus

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Etiology

Osteoporosis of the slender smoker revisited by epidemiologic approach.
Jensen GF
Eur J Clin Invest 1986 Jun;16(3):239-42. doi: 10.1111/j.1365-2362.1986.tb01335.x. PMID: 3089821

Diagnosis

A novel syndrome with dwarfism, poorly muscled build, absent clavicles, humeroradial fusion, slender bones, oligodactyly and micrognathia.
Faivre L, Cormier-Daire V, Geneviève D, Pinto G, Goulet O, Munnich A, Maroteaux P, Le Merrer M
Clin Dysmorphol 2001 Jul;10(3):181-4. doi: 10.1097/00019605-200107000-00005. PMID: 11446410
Radiohumeral synostosis, femoral bowing, other skeletal anomalies and anal atresia, a variant example of Antley-Bixler syndrome?
Antich J, Iriondo M, Lizarraga I, Manzanares R, Cusi V
Genet Couns 1993;4(3):207-11. PMID: 8267929

Prognosis

Classification and treatment of intercondyloid fractures of the humerus.
Sotgiu F, Melis GC, Tolu S
Ital J Orthop Traumatol 1976 Aug;2(2):281-90. PMID: 1024113

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