What is Cushing's symphalangism?
What is Cushing's symphalangism?
- Cushing's symphalangism: A rare syndrome characterized by deafness and the fusion of joints in the middle of fingers and toes as well as fusion of hand and foot bones.
Cushing's symphalangism is listed as a "rare disease" by the Office of
Rare Diseases (ORD) of the National Institutes of Health
(NIH). This means that Cushing's symphalangism, or a subtype of Cushing's symphalangism,
affects less than 200,000 people in the US population.
Source - National Institutes of Health (NIH)
Ophanet, a consortium of European partners,
currently defines a condition rare when it affects 1 person per 2,000.
They list Cushing's symphalangism as a "rare disease".
Source - Orphanet
Cushing's symphalangism: Introduction
How serious is Cushing's symphalangism?
Complications of Cushing's symphalangism:
see complications of Cushing's symphalangism
What causes Cushing's symphalangism?
Causes of Cushing's symphalangism: see causes of Cushing's symphalangism
What are the symptoms of Cushing's symphalangism?
Symptoms of Cushing's symphalangism:
see symptoms of Cushing's symphalangism
Complications of Cushing's symphalangism:
see complications of Cushing's symphalangism
Cushing's symphalangism: Testing
Diagnostic testing: see tests for Cushing's symphalangism.
Misdiagnosis: see misdiagnosis and Cushing's symphalangism.
How is it treated?
Treatments for Cushing's symphalangism:
see treatments for Cushing's symphalangism
Name and Aliases of Cushing's symphalangism
Main name of condition: Cushing's symphalangism
Other names or spellings for Cushing's symphalangism:
Strasburger-Hawkins-Eldridge syndrome, Strasburger-Hawkins-Eldridge-Hargrave-McKusick syndrome, Symphalangism, Cushing type, Symphalangism familial proximal, Vessel syndrome, symphalangism, proximal, hereditary absence of the proximal interphalangeal joints, Vessel's syndrome, Hereditary absence of proximal interphalangeal joints
Cushing's proximal symphalangism
Source - Diseases Database
Hereditary absence of proximal interphalangeal joints, Strasburger-Hawkins-Eldridge syndrome, Strasburger-Hawkins-Eldridge-Hargrave-McKusick syndrome, Vessel’s syndrome, Strasburger-Hawkins-Eldridge-Hargrave-McKusick syndrome, Vessel’s syndrome, Hereditary absence of proximal interphalangeal joints, Vessel’s syndrome, Hereditary absence of proximal interphalangeal joints, Strasburger-Hawkins-Eldridge syndrome
Source - Office of Rare Diseases (ORD) of the National Institutes of Health (NIH)
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