Turner syndrome - an accidental finding?
Authors: Butt, Nighat; Paton, Robin W.
Source: Annals of The Royal College of Surgeons of England, Volume 90, Number 2, March 2008 , pp. W9-W10(2)
Publisher: The Royal College of Surgeons of England
Abstract:
We report the case of a 9-year-old girl with bilaterally reduced pedal pulses following emergency surgery for unilateral subtrochanteric femoral fracture. This incidental postoperative finding of differential blood pressures between the upper and lower limbs led to the diagnosis of aortic coarctation and subsequent karyotype analysis confirmed the rare diagnosis of Turner syndrome.Keywords: TURNER SYNDROME; AORTIC COARCTATION; DIFFERENTIAL BLOOD PRESSURES
Document Type: Case report
DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1308/147870808X257210
Affiliations: 1: Department of Trauma and Orthopaedic Surgery, Royal Blackburn Hospital, Blackburn, UK
Publication date: 2008-03-01
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