Turner’s syndrome And Obsessive Compulsive Disorder – A Case Report

Abstract

The loss of all or part of one X sex chromosome during embryogenesis results in Turner's syndrome (TS). Certain studies showed specific cognitive deficits and psychiatric manifestations like mood and anxiety disorder .There are case reports of concomitant TS with schizophrenia. We present here a case of TS with clinical features of delayed attainment of secondary sexual characters, short stature, overweight, wide carrying angle and short bilateral 4 th metacarpals and metatarsals. Her ultrasound of abdomen and pelvis, showed hypoplastic infantile uterus and streak like ovaries. The TS patient had psychiatric manifestation of obsessive compulsive disorder, which has not been reported so far. The co-existence of Turner's syndrome and OCD gives a clue of any possibility of genes related to aetiology of OCD. It is important for the practitioners to understand the clinical spectrum and natural courses, including the development of psychiatric disorder in TS.