A child is below the third percentile for height. His growth velocity is normal, but chronologic age is more then skeletal age. The most likely diagnosis is _________: (A) Constitutional delay in growth, (B) Genetic sho stature, (C) Primordial dwarfism, (D) Hypopituitarism
Answer is A. Constitutional delay of growth and pubey (CDGP) is a term describing a temporary delay in the skeletalgrowth and thus height of a child with no physical abnormalities causing the delay. Reference: GHAI Essential pediatrics, 8th edition