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:
- ovarian dysgenesis
- kidneys: horseshoe kidney, bifid renal pelvis
- cystic hygroma (40-80%)
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© 2002, C.E. Kahn, Jr.
2002-04-18