Bruce Prader-Willis
My dumb way to remember Prader Willis syndrome.
*****NOTE: THIS IS NOT THERAPEUTIC, THIS IS GROSS STEREOTYPING TO MEMORIZE A TEXTBOOK ANSWER. THERE ARE LOTS OF VARIATIONS OF PRESENTATIONS, REFERENCES TO OBESITY ARE NOT A JUDGEMENT CALL******
Pathophys: Usually caused by deletion of Paternal Chromosome 15.
Clinical vignette: Usually male. Small hands and feet, SGA as infants, insatiable hunger as teens --> obesity, mild/mod developmental delay
So chunky kid, mildly delayed, with small hands and feet, loves to eat. . Remind you of anyone?




















