Turner's Syndrome

Abstract

Turner's Syndrome (T.S.), a female chromosomal aberration, occurs in approximately 1 in 2,500 female births (Orten 1990). There have been few studies of women with this condition as they age. The author provides a psycho-social history of one of Dr. Henry Turner's original patients, seen in 1937 when he identified T.S. This article describes the vocational and educational achievements and emotional and psychological health of this oldest known woman with T.S. This chronicle illustrates the positive and negative impact of receiving little information about the syndrome, and provides recommendations for intervention by professionals who work with this population.