Short stature in a 46,XX male adolescent

South Med J. 1999 Sep;92(9):921-3. doi: 10.1097/00007611-199909000-00016.

Abstract

We describe a patient with a 46,XX karyotype who was assessed because of short stature and a subnormal rate of linear growth. The patient had normal male external genitalia. Endocrinologic analysis revealed elevated levels of luteinizing hormone and follicle-stimulating hormone but an exaggerated gonadotropin response to luteinizing hormone-releasing hormone stimulation. The growth hormone response to insulin-induced hypoglycemia was also exaggerated. All sequences examined on the sex-determining region Y gene were present. The diagnosis was 46,XX male with the major manifestation of short stature.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Adolescent
  • Body Height / genetics*
  • Growth Disorders / genetics*
  • Growth Hormone / blood
  • Humans
  • Klinefelter Syndrome
  • Male
  • Pedigree
  • Sex Chromosome Aberrations* / physiopathology

Substances

  • Growth Hormone