KROK 1 2011 – Question 27 · KROK (Medicine) · Biology

Medical examination at the military registration and enlistment office revealed that a 15-year-old boy was high, with eunuchoid body proportions, gynecomastia, female pattern of pubic hair distribution. The boy had also fat deposits on the thighs, no facial hair, high voice, subnormal intelligence quotient. Which karyotype corresponds with this disease?

  1. A. 45, XO
  2. B. 47, XXX
  3. C. 47, XXY
  4. D. 46, XX
  5. E. 46, XY
Hint

Match the combination of eunuchoid proportions, feminised features and subnormal intelligence in a phenotypic male to a particular sex chromosome constitution.

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