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marfanoid habitus

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marfanoid habitus
A leptosomic body type that is tall and thin with long hands; marfanoid features may be familial in nature or pathological as occurs in homocystinuria and MEN type IIb, mimicking some of the changes of Marfan syndrome, but not accompanied by luxation of lens, funnel chest, dissecting aneurysm of aorta


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A marfanoid habitus is present in 75% of patients, and pheochromocytoma in 50%, whereas enteric ganglioneuromatosis is found in more than 40% of those affected.
Physical examination was only significant for the patient's Marfanoid habitus.
 
 
 
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