Table 2. Clinical data suggestive of marfanoid habitus while ruling out Marfan syndrome.
Features | Case 1 | Case 2 | Case 3 | Case 4 | Case 5 |
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Height | 176 cm | 181 cm | 179 cm | 172 cm | 175 cm |
Hand length | 20 cm | 21 cm | 22 cm | 21 cm | 21 cm |
Foot length | 27 cm | 30 cm | 28 cm | 27 cm | 28 cm |
Arm span | 184 cm | 187 cm | 185 cm | 180 cm | 184 cm |
US: LS | 0.84 | 0.86 | 0.84 | 0.81 | 0.84 |
High arched palate | Present | Present | Present | Present | Present |
Jaw deformity | Absent | Absent | Present (overcrowded teeth, mild retrognathia) | Absent | Absent |
Sternal deformties | Absent | Absent | Absent | Absent | Absent |
Wrist sign | Present | Present | Present | Present | Present |
Thumb sign | Present | Absent | Absent | Present | Present |
Scoliosis | <200 | <200 | Absent | Absent | <200 |
Ectopia lentis | Absent | Absent | Absent | Absent | Absent |
Axial myopia | Absent | Absent | Absent | Absent | Absent |
Keratometric reading (flattest meridian) | >41 D | >41 D | >41 D | >41 D | >41 D |
Pulmonary/cardiac features | None | None | None | None | None |
Cutaneous features | None | None | None | None | None |