Short Stature - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Normal Variant, Normal Puberty Onset (BA = CA)
 • Familial Short Stature
Normal Variant, Delayed Puberty Onset (BA < CA)
 • Constitutional Short Stature (Late Bloomer)
Disproportionate
 • Skeletal Dysplasias
 • (e.g. Achondroplasia)
 • Rickets
Dysmorphic Features
  • Trisomy 21
  • Noonan Syndrome
  • Prader-Willi Syndrome
  • Russell-Silver Syndrome
  • Turner Syndrome
Deprivation
 • Primary Malnutrition
 • Psychosocial
 • Deprivation
Endrocrine
 • Cushing's Disease
 • GH Deficiency
 • IGF-I Deficiency (e.g. Laron Dwarfism)
 • Hypothyroidism
 • Congenital Adrenal Hyperplasia
 • Panhypopituitarism
Treatment
 • Glucocorticoids
 • Radiation
 • Chemotherapy
 • Bone Marrow Transplant
Chronic Disease
 • GI (e.g. Celiac, IBD)
 • Renal (e.g. CRF)
 • Infection (e.g. Chronic UTI)
 • Cardiopulmonary (e.g. Cystic Fibrosis, CHF)
 • Inborn Metabolism Error
 • Immunologic 
Other
 • Intrauterine Growth Retardation
 • Bulimia Nervosa
 • Anorexia Nervosa
 • CNS Tumors (e.g. Craniopharyngioma)

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