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Turner syndrome
45 XO female (or mosaic XO/XX) incidence 1:2500 liveborn females
- short stature, delayed skeletal maturation
- osteoporosis
- short 4th + 5th metacarpals
- broad, "shield" chest
- cardiovascular anomalies:
- present in 20%
- 70% are coarctation
- ovarian dysgenesis
- kidneys: horseshoe kidney, bifid renal pelvis
- cystic hygroma (40-80%)
Charles E. Kahn, Jr., MD - 2 February 1995
Last updated: 1 September 2006
Medical College of Wisconsin