QUESTION 24. (UPSC CMS 2019 PAPER 1)

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
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