Re: Bone Age, adjusted for Preemie (re:)

October 23, 2000

Rule or rule of thumb, I don't know, but it is my understanding (same as

someone else answered) that bone age IS typically younger than chronological

age until the child has precocious puberty (sp??) - if that child does have

that issue.

We don't know what is going on with . He's such a complex case - that

was what I was upset with the doc about. Although a 6 y.o. bone age result

on an " average joe " might not be a huge deal, I think it is with my son's

case. When she still argued it wasn't a big deal, I said g'bye to her. The

next doc we had thought it was something to check into, even though it

wasn't THAT far off.

I think I read somewhere here about the head closing up late (I forget the

term) on RSS kids - my son's was VERY late. I'd have to ask the pedi about

when it was, but I recall it was WAY later than the average.

btw, I am not sure if I posted this before... I got a call from 's doc

(endocrine) and his TRH stim test came back abnormal... so we are pretty

much at a dead end currently. He goes back for another bone age test in

February. In the meantime, I am going to be contacting Dr. Liechtner's

office. Thank you to those who recommended him.

Sue R.

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