Turner Syndrome With Mosaicism 45, X/47, Xxx/46,Xx And Occurrence Of Puberty
International Journal of Development Research
Turner Syndrome With Mosaicism 45, X/47, Xxx/46,Xx And Occurrence Of Puberty
Received 14th December, 2018; Received in revised form 17th January, 2019; Accepted 19th February, 2019; Published online 31st March, 2019
Copyright © 2019, Victor Cabral de Mello. This is an open access article distributed under the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
Turner syndrome is characterized by a chromosomal abnormality, due to loss or alteration in one of the x chromosomes. An 11-year-old female patient, from marília, brazil, with a healthy mother and father. Birth without intercurrences, with 38 weeks, cesarean section and weight of 3kg, presenting difficulty for suction in the first months. In childhood, the patient had upper airway infections and recurrent otitis, in addition to recurrent urinary tract infections, which led to an ultrasound of the urinary tract, reporting anatomy without alterations. The karyotype of this children was 45, x(54)/46,xx(1)/47,xxx(45). At the age of 6, treatment with growth hormone was started due to a drop in growth rate, with a good response.
