Which finding would the nurse expect to assess in a 17-year-old client who has been diagnosed with Klinefelter's syndrome?
1. Elevated sperm count
2. Decreased secretion of FSH
3. Hyperplasia of penis and scrotum
4. Gynecomastia in a teenage male
ANS: 4
Having enlarged breasts at the time of puberty and thereafter is a characteristic finding in indi-viduals with Klinefelter's syndrome. 1. Aspermatogenesis is an expected finding. 2. FSH level is expected to be low. 3. This is not an expected finding.
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