How does radiology help diagnose or treat Turner's Syndrome?

turner's syndrome is a genetic disease in which a woman has an absence of one of the sex chromosomes...only women are affected by it. normally, women are born with two XX chromosomes - these are the sex chromosomes that make women women. in turner's syndrome, a woman has only one X chromosome, or only part of one X chromosome. these women are normally short in height, have difficulty having children as Turner's syndrome affects the ovaries and how they produce eggs/hormones, and can affect alot of the ways a woman looks, such as drooping eyelids, low set ears etc.

in order to diagnose Turner's, a genetic test, called a karyotype, must be performed. in this test, all of a persons chromosomes are arranged in order from largest (chromosome #1) to smallest (the sex chromosomes). in this test, the chromosomes can all be visualized and the absence of a sex chromosome can be seen, and Turner's can be diagnosed.

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