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Paeds Vivasendocrinology-diabetes-and-growth

Paeds Vivas · endocrinology-diabetes-and-growth

Constitutional delay and familial short stature — branching viva

Branching viva on the short child: reading the growth-chart trajectory and bone age to distinguish familial short stature from constitutional delay, excluding the pathological mimics, and managing the distressed adolescent — then branching to the short girl with a delayed bone age and the risk of missing Turner syndrome.

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RACP DCEMRCPCH ClinicalRCPSC Pediatrics
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RACP DCEMRCPCH ClinicalRCPSC Pediatrics
Prompt
Outpatient setting: a fourteen-year-old boy with no signs of puberty, a bone age of eleven years, a father who shaved late, and a height appropriate for his bone age. The examiner asks how you distinguish constitutional delay from familial short stature and from growth hormone deficiency — then branches to the short girl with a delayed bone age and the question of Turner syndrome, then to the offer of testosterone for the distressed boy.

Opening question

A fourteen-year-old boy has no signs of puberty, a bone age of eleven years, and a father who shaved late. His height is appropriate for his bone age. What is the most likely diagnosis, and what single comparison at the bedside confirms it? [3] [4]

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  1. [1]Caro R, Savel P, Moss PI. Evaluation of Short and Tall Stature in Children. Am Fam Physician, 2025.PMID 40531152
  2. [2]Wit JM, Oostdijk W. Novel approaches to short stature therapy. Best Pract Res Clin Endocrinol Metab, 2015.PMID 26051296
  3. [3]Butler G, Purushothaman P. Delayed puberty. Minerva Pediatr, 2020.PMID 32748610
  4. [4]Luciano TM, Stecchini MF, Antonini SRR. Boys with constitutional delay of growth and puberty developed spontaneous puberty and reached standard adult height without pharmacological therapy. J Pediatr (Rio J), 2025.PMID 40784365
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