IDENTIFICATION OF TURNERS-SYNDROME IN AN ELDERLY WOMAN - CASE-REPORT AND REVIEW

Turner's syndrome is one of the most frequently occurring chromosomal defects and is associated with a well-characterized set of anatomic ma lformations, We studied clinical findings in an elderly woman who was diagnosed as having cytogenetically proved Turner's syndrome late in l ife, Because most patients with Turner's syndrome have normal intellig ence and mild phenotypic abnormalities, the condition was never proper ly diagnosed in many affected women born earlier in this century, Give n the range of clinical abnormalities and physiologic deficits to whic h these women are predisposed, it remains important to diagnose and tr eat them accurately irrespective of age.