Open Life Sciences (Aug 2024)

Refractory hypertension complicated with Turner syndrome: A case report

  • Hu Sisi,
  • Liu Jichun,
  • Tang Haixia,
  • Xie Xiangrong,
  • Wei Youquan

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1515/biol-2022-0934
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 19, no. 1
pp. 566 – 74

Abstract

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Hypertension is commonly classified into essential hypertension and secondary hypertension, although definitive classification can be challenging in some cases. Here, we discussed a patient who admitted for refractory hypertension, exhibiting various clinical manifestations including inadequate estrogen secretion, underdeveloped secondary sexual characteristics, primary amenorrhea, short stature, multiple moles, and somatic abnormalities. The patient was finally diagnosed with Turner syndrome (TS) based on clinical findings and chromosomal analysis. The genetic karyotype identified was 46,X,i(X)(q10).

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