2013-06-23-10 Case of the week #351 © Al-Asali www.TheFetus.net
August 15, 2013 - August 29, 2013
Othman A. R. M. Al-Asali, MD; Fayez Yassen, MD.
Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Al-Hammadi Hospital, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia.
Case report
This is a 29-year-old woman (G3P2) from a non-consanguineous marriage, with non-contributive history. She had attacks of hypoglycemia over the last year, associated with low fasting glucose and high insulin levels, managed by diet.
The patient underwent amniocentesis at 18 weeks revealing normal karyotype - 46XY.
At 23 weeks the patient was hospitalized due to diarrhea related to Entamoeba histolytica infection and was placed on Flagyl (metronidazole).
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