Brooke Greenberg
Brooke Greenberg (born January 8, 1993 in Baltimore , Maryland; † October 24, 2013 there ) was the only person affected by an illness known as X syndrome. As a result of the illness, even in her twentieth year, she had the physical and psychological appearance of a child about a year old . Greenberg was about 76 cm tall and weighed 7.3 kg. She hadn't learned to speak and lived with her parents and one younger and two older sisters who were normally developed in Reisterstown, Maryland.
Brooke was born about a month early in 1993 at Sinai Hospital, weighing 1,800 grams. She seemed like a normal child back then. Over time, however, it became apparent that it developed very slowly. In the first six years of her life, she had several life-threatening illnesses. She had seven stomach ulcers and is said to have suffered a stroke . She was fed through a gastric tube (PEG).
Numerous examinations could not clarify what her unique disease (peculiarity, a serious developmental disorder ) was based on. "So far we have not found any deviations from the norm," said the examining specialist Richard Walker. Even an examination of their DNA remained without results. Although it did not seem that she was aging, parts of her body were of different ages, such as her bones, which were like those of a ten year old. The cells of her body were as depleted as it was age.
Her condition has been tentatively referred to as Syndrome X for an as-yet-unidentified, rare disease.
literature
- RF Walker, LC Pakula et al. a .: A case study of "disorganized development" and its possible relevance to genetic determinants of aging. In: Mechanisms of aging and development. Volume 130, Number 5, May 2009, pp. 350-356, ISSN 1872-6216 . doi : 10.1016 / j.mad.2009.02.003 . PMID 19428454 .
Individual evidence
- ↑ Obituary and condolences
- ↑ Philip Bethge: Brooke, immortal. In: Der Spiegel from October 25, 2010, pp. 140–143.
- ↑ Christina Berndt: The girl who doesn't age. In: Süddeutsche Zeitung of June 29, 2009
Web links
- 20-year-olds suffered from rare growth disorders
- Twelve year old no bigger than six month old baby. In: Handelsblatt dated May 14, 2005 (based on a report by the television station Wbal)
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Greenberg, Brooke |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | American woman with rare developmental disorder |
| DATE OF BIRTH | January 8, 1993 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Baltimore |
| DATE OF DEATH | October 24, 2013 |
| Place of death | Baltimore |