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Tall Stature

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  1. Causes
    1. Constitutional or Familial Tall Stature
    2. Growth Hormone secreting tumors (Gigantism)
    3. Thyrotoxicosis
    4. Marfan's Syndrome
    5. Homocystinuria
    6. Cerebral Gigantism (Soto Syndrome)
    7. Beckwith-Wiedemann Syndrome
      1. Omphalocele
      2. Macrosomia
      3. Macroglossia
      4. Hypoglycemia
    8. Congenital Adrenal Hyperplasia (Untreated, pubertal)
    9. Klinefelter Syndrome
    10. Obesity
    11. Precocious Puberty
  2. Evaluation
    1. Assess parental heights!
    2. Growth Hormone Level (Gigantism)
    3. Thyroid Stimulating Hormone
    4. Bone age XRay
    5. Amino acid screen (Homocystinuria)
    6. Chromosome Karyotype (Klinefelter Syndrome)
    7. 17-Hydroxyprogesterone (Congenital Adrenal Hyperplasia)
    8. Glucose (Beckwith-Wiedemann)
    9. Androgen and Estrogen levels (Precocious Puberty)
  3. References
    1. Alpert (1998) Pediatr Rev 19(9):303
    2. Cuttler (1987) Pediatrician 14(3):109
    3. Leung (1995) Can Fam Physician 41:457
    4. Rosenfield (1996) Endocrinol Metab Clin North Am 25:743

Tall stature (C0241240)

ConceptsFinding (T033)
EnglishLarge stature, STATURE TALL, Tall stature
Spanishalta estatura, talla alta
Parent ConceptsGeneral finding of height (C0424640)
SourcesDXP, OMIM, SCTSPA, SNOMEDCT
Derived from the NIH UMLS (Unified Medical Language System)



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