CASE REPORT OF KLINEFELTER SYNDROME WITH INCREASED LENGTH SPEED

ABSTRACT
Klinefelter Syndrome (KS), the most common sex chromosome abnormality in men, is also one of the leading causes of male infertility. Generally, these individuals with 47, XXY karyotype are diagnosed during adulthood, during infertility examinations. In the adolescence period, there may be an increase in height growth rate, euicoid body structure, delay or pause in puberty, gynecomastia, small volume and hardness of the testicles, and less facial and body hair. In this article, an adolescent case who presented with the complaint of rapid stature, was diagnosed with KS, and was diagnosed with KS in the chromosome analysis of 47, XXY, which was performed by suspecting KS with clinical and laboratory data, is presented.

Key words: Klinefelter syndrome, tall, 47, XXY