Clinical features of Turner syndrome include all EXCEPT:
(a) Webbing of Neck
(b) Narrow carrying angle of Elbow
(c) Coarctation of Aorta
(d) Short stature
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ANS- (b) Narrow carrying angle of Elbow
- Short stature (associated with SHOX gene, preventable with growth hormone therapy),
- ovarian dysgenesis (streak ovary),
- broad chest with widely spaced nipples,
- bicuspid aortic valve,
- coarctation of the aorta (femoral < brachial pulse),
- lymphatic defects (result in webbed neck or cystic hygroma; lymphedema in feet, hands), horseshoe kidney, high-arched palate,
- shortened 4th metacarpals.
- Most common cause of 1° amenorrhea