dysplasia of head of femur, Meyer type
MONDO:0015678Mondo
Findings
No curated finding names dysplasia of head of femur, Meyer type yet. Everything below is reference data from Mondo, HPO and GenCC, not evidence about what affects it.
Definition
Meyer dysplasia of the femoral head is a mild localized form of skeletal dysplasia characterized by delayed, irregular ossification of femoral capital epiphysis.
Definition from the Mondo Disease Ontology (MONDO:0015678), read 2026-09-29. CC BY 4.0.
Features
13 features
What the disease is reported to present with, and how often among people who have it — never how often a feature means the disease. HPO, annotations 2026-09-02.
- Delayed femoral head ossificationHPOHP:0008829
- Frequent (30% to 79% of cases)
- Delayed skeletal maturationHPOHP:0002750
- Frequent (30% to 79% of cases)
- Multicentric femoral head ossificationHPOHP:0008835
- Frequent (30% to 79% of cases)
- Antalgic gaitHPOHP:0031955
- Occasional (5% to 29% of cases)
- Elevated erythrocyte sedimentation rateHPOHP:0003565
- Occasional (5% to 29% of cases)
- Increased total leukocyte countHPOHP:0001974
- Occasional (5% to 29% of cases)
- Limited hip movementHPOHP:0008800
- Occasional (5% to 29% of cases)
- Lower limb painHPOHP:0012514
- Occasional (5% to 29% of cases)
- Waddling gaitHPOHP:0002515
- Occasional (5% to 29% of cases)
- Congenital hip dislocationHPOHP:0001374
- Very rare (1% to 4% of cases)
- Enlarged tonsilsHPOHP:0030812
- Very rare (1% to 4% of cases)
- FeverHPOHP:0001945
- Very rare (1% to 4% of cases)
Show the remaining 1
- Flattened femoral headHPOHP:0008812
- Very rare (1% to 4% of cases)
Where it sits
- A kind of