The nurse is assigned to the care of an adolescent patient. On physical assessment, the patient has less than expected muscle tone, slight gynecomastia, and microorchidism. The patient’s karyotype is 47,XXY. Which of the following syndromes does this patient have?

Klinefelter syndrome. A karyotype with more than one X chromosome in addition to a Y chromosome indicates Klinefelter syndrome. This syndrome is not trisomy X, so this answer is not correct. Turner syndrome has a karyotype of 45,X. Down syndrome is characterized by trisomy of chromosome 21.

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