During a sports physical, a client is found to have myopia, long digits, tall stature, an arm span greater than his height, scoliosis, and a hollow chest. The nurse should suspect:
1. Phenylketonuria.
2. Turner's syndrome.
3. Huntington's chorea.
4. Marfan's syndrome.
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Rationale 1: An early sign of phenylketonuria is an offensive urine odor that is found shortly after birth.
Rationale 2: Turner's syndrome, a congenital endocrine disorder, manifests with short stature and amenorrhea.
Rationale 3: The central nervous system disease Huntington's chorea would not be found during a pediatric sports physical, since it usually does not manifest symptoms until age 25.
Rationale 4: Marfan's syndrome is characterized by an arm span greater than one's height, a hollow chest, scoliosis, long digits, tall stature, and myopia.
Global Rationale:
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