Publication: Turner Syndrome, Uncommonly Diagnosed Cause of Short Stature: Case Report and Review of Literature
Date
2013
Authors
Article Type
Case Report
Journal Title
Journal ISSN
ISSN 1990-7974 eISSN 1990-7982
Volume Title
Pages
Pages: 74 - 76
Publisher
Nepal Paediatric Society (JNPS)
Abstract
Abstract:
Many children are frequently brought to the paediatric clinic for evaluation of short stature. Evaluation for these children does not go beyond x-ray for bone age estimation and growth hormone analysis. Most of them are considered having constitutional or genetic cause for their short stature. However, shuttle dysmorphic features could be missed in many of them. Hence, many children might be having chromosomal anomaly as an underlying cause.
We report a case of 40 months who had been evaluated several times in the past for pneumonia, otitis media and short stature is finally diagnosed to have Turner syndrome.
Description
S Basnet
Institute of Medicine, Tribhuvan University Teaching Hospital, Maharajgunj, Kathmandu
A Eleena
Institute of Medicine, Tribhuvan University Teaching Hospital, Maharajgunj, Kathmandu
AK Sharma
Institute of Medicine, Tribhuvan University Teaching Hospital, Maharajgunj, Kathmandu
Keywords
Turner Syndrome
Identifier
https://doi.org/10.3126/jnps.v33i1.8174