Turner Syndrome Support Group
Turner syndrome encompasses a number of chromosomal abnormalities, of which monosomy X, is the most common. It occurs in 1 out of every 2,500 female births. Instead of the normal XX sex chromosomes for a female, only one X chromosome is present and fully functional. In Turner syndrome, female sexual characteristics are present but underdeveloped.
My daughter has only one X, but some y material in a few of her chromosomes. The endo doctor said we need to see a geneticist to talk about the outcomes. I didn't ask her to specify, we had enough dropped on us that day, and we can't get in to see the geneticist until March. I've read some strange things about having to have the ovaries removed because of having some y material. Does anyone know anything about this?
deleted_user
My thirteen year old daughter has this same type of Turner's Syndrome. We found this out when she was born and the doctor suggested she had her ovaries removed when she was about six months old because of the risk for ovarian cancer to come up in her teen years. We did have them removed. It was an outpatient surgery. Once they biopsied them, they did find the cancer cells on the ovaries. Praise God that the doctors were able to tell us this before the she was hit with full blown cancer when she was older. Whatever the doctors suggest, assuming that they want you to get the ovaries removed, I would recommend it. I thank God everyday that my daughter is alive knowing that at her age now she might not be due to the cancer. Hope this helps!
shannonrebec
I haven't replied back to this post for a while. All of this has been so overwhelming to deal with and then I read about a cancer possibility and I just needed to check out for a while. We go to see the geneticist in March, but I was wondering if your doctor ever gave you the odds of your daughter coming down with cancer. My daughter had an ultrasound of her ovaries back in November and they said everything was fine. I didn't find out until a week ago that they couldn't find one ovary and the other was so small they weren't sure if it was her ovary or not. I'm wondering what they would do about the risk of ovarian cancer in this situation. I guess we'll have to wait until March. If anyone knows anything, please enlighten me.
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