Misdiagnosis of Prader-Willi syndrome

Prader-Willi syndrome Diagnosis: Book Excerpts

• Ask the Following Questions - MENTAL RETARDATION
• Ask the Following Questions - OBESITY, PATHOLOGIC
• Ask the following questions - CRAMPS, MUSCULAR
• Differential Diagnosis - Short Stature
• Differential Diagnosis - Hypotonia
• Differential Diagnosis - Obesity
• Approach to the Diagnosis - OBESITY
• Approach to the Diagnosis - MUSCULAR CRAMPS
• Diagnosis - Hypogonadism
• Diagnosis - Mental retardation
• Diagnosis - Obesity
• History - Shortness of Breath
• Differential Overview - Obesity
• Clinical Features and Diagnosis - Hypotonia and Weakness
• Clinical Features and Diagnosis - Obesity
• Approach to the Diagnosis - OBESITY
• Approach to the Diagnosis - MUSCULAR CRAMPS

Common Misdiagnoses and Prader-Willi syndrome

Various reasons for obesity: Various studies have shown that approximately 10% of prepubertal and 15% of adolescent age groups are obese. Parents often blame obesity in children on their diet but endocrine or metabolic causes must be readily differentiated from exogenous obesity by a simple physical examination and an assessment of the linear growth. Children with exogenous obesity tend to have an accelarated linear growth whereas children with secondary causes are usually short. Some congenital or inherited disorders associated with obesity which must be kept in mind include Prader- Willi syndrome, Laurence Moon Biedl syndrome and Beckwith Wiedemann syndrome. Endocrine disorders in children taht rarely cause obesity include hypothyoidism, Cushing's syndrome, insulinomas and Frohlich's syndrome.

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When checking for a misdiagnosis of Prader-Willi syndrome or confirming a diagnosis of Prader-Willi syndrome, it is useful to consider what other medical conditions might be possible misdiagnoses or other alternative conditions relevant to diagnosis. These alternate diagnoses of Prader-Willi syndrome may already have been considered by your doctor or may need to be considered as possible alternative diagnoses or candidates for misdiagnosis of Prader-Willi syndrome. For a general overview of misdiagnosis issues for all diseases, see Overview of Misdiagnosis.

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