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Table 1 (abstract A12). Tall stature with normal appearance vs tall stature with abnormal appearance and dymorphisms

From: 74th Congress of the Italian Society of Pediatrics

Tall stature with normal appearance

Tall stature with abnormal appearance and dymorphisms

Normal growth rate:

Proportionate:

Height SDS-MPH SDS>2 SDS

 Sotos

 YES: Simple obesity

 Weaver

  Aromatase deficiency,

 Fragile X

  Oestrogen resistance

 Smpson Golabi-Behmel

 NO: Familial tall stature

Increased growth rate:

Disproportionate:

 with signs of puberty:

 Marfan

  Precocious puberty

 Homocystinuria

  Pseudoprecocious puberty

 Klinefelter

  Late onset CAH

 Beckwith- Wiedeman

 without signs of puberty:

 Triple X

  CAG

 

  GH excess

 

  Hyperthyroidism

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