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A 14-year-old girl is being examined by a pediatrician. Objectively, she has a tall stature, asthenic body type, striae on the skin of the abdomen, blue sclera. She was diagnosed with a scoliotic posture and chest deformity. She has hypermobile joints; her fingers and arms are long. Cardiac ultrasound visualizes a mitral valve prolapse. What is the most likely because of her tall stature?

Answer options

  1. Williams syndrome
  2. Marfan syndrome
  3. Noonan syndrome
  4. Klinefelter syndrome
  5. Ehlers-Danlos syndrome
Correct answer

Marfan syndrome

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