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Clinical Picture
Hüseyin Güvenc, MD;
A. Denizmen Aygün, MD;
Kenan Kocabay, MD;
Dursun Türkbay, MD;
Walter W. Tunnessen, Jr, MD
Arch Fam Med. 1995;4(7):577-578.
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Denouement and Discussion
Turner's Syndrome
Figure 1. Lymphedema of the dorsa of the feet and lower legs. The toenails are dysplastic.
Figure 2. The chest appears broad, with widely spaced nipples.
Figure 3. The hairline is low, and increased skin folds are present in the neck.
MANIFESTATIONS
Henry Hubert Turner, American endocrinologist, described a syndrome marked by short stature, sexual infantilism, webbed neck, and cubitus valgus in adult females in 1938. Ullrich, in 1930, and Bonnevie, in 1934, described neonates with lymphedema of the hands and feet and pterygium colli, which were later believed to be manifestations of the same syndrome.1 The chromosomal abnormalities associated with Turner's syndrome were first described in 1959.
Lymphedema of the dorsa of the hands and feet and loose skin folds at the nape of the neck are characteristic of this syndrome and, when present, should direct attention
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Author Affiliations
From the Department of Pediatrics, Medical Faculty of Firat University, Elazig, Turkey.
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