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    Wesley Fetal Medicine Unit

    (07) 3371 4933

     

     

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    Greenslopes Fetal Medicine Unit

    (07) 3216 9211

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    Greenslopes Fetal Medicine Unit

    Suite 7.106
    Level 7
    Nicholson Street Specialist Centre
    83 Nicholson Street
    GREENSLOPES QLD 4120
     

    Wesley Fetal Medicine Unit

    Suite 12
    Level 1
    Wesley Medical Centre
    40 Chasely Street
    AUCHENFLOWER  QLD  4066
     

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    Turner Syndrome

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    • Wide spectrum of features from minor to major

    • Affects 1 in 2500 female live births

    • Almost all females with Turner syndrome have short stature and loss of ovarian function

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    FEATURES

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    • Short webbed neck

    • Low posterior hairline

    • Low set ears

    • Hands and feet may be swollen at birth

    • Short Stature (final adult height may be increased with the use of growth hormone)

    • Usually ovarian function lost in early childhood therefore do not enter puberty

    • Older girls and women should be maintained on oestrogen-progesterone treatment to maintain secondary sexual development

    • Hypothyroidism (30%)

    • Type II Diabetes (twice community risk)

    • At risk for osteoporosis

    • In general IQ normal, however may have difficulty with math and geometry

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    CARDIOVASCULAR FEATURES

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    • Coarctation of the aorta (10-15%)

    • Bicuspid aortic valves

    • Hypetension (may be renal in origin)

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    RENAL FEATURES

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    • Horseshoe kidney

    • Abnormal collecting system

    • Abnormal arterial supply