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Editor-In-Chief: C. Michael Gibson, M.S., M.D. [1]
Overview
Symptoms
Common symptoms of Turner syndrome include:
- Short stature
- Lymphoedema (swelling) of the hands and feet
- Broad chest (shield chest) and widely-spaced nipples
- Low hairline
- Low-set ears
- Reproductive sterility
- Rudimentary ovaries Gonadal Streak (underdeveloped gonadal structures)
- Amenorrhea, or the absence of a menstrual period
- Increased weight, obesity
- Shield shaped thorax of heart
- Shortened metacarpal IV (of hand)
- Small fingernails
- Characteristic facial features
- Webbing of the neck (webbed neck)
- Coarctation of the aorta
- Poor Breast Development
- Horseshoe kidney
- Visual Impairments sclera, cornea, Glaucoma, etc.
- Ear infections and hearing loss.
Other symptoms may include a small lower jaw (micrognathia), cubitus valgus (turned-out elbows), soft upturned nails, palmar crease and drooping eyelids. Less common are pigmented moles, hearing loss, and a high-arch palate (narrow maxilla). Turner syndrome manifests itself differently in each female affected by the condition, and no two individuals will share the same symptoms.