RT Book, Section
A1 Hogge, W. Allen
A1 Rajkovic, Aleksandar
SR Print(0)
ID 1115992996
T1 Preconception Counseling
T2 Practical Genetics for the Ob-Gyn
YR 2015
FD 2015
PB McGraw-Hill Education
PP New York, NY
SN 9780071797214
LK obgyn.mhmedical.com/content.aspx?aid=1115992996
RD 2024/04/19
AB Case  1:  Ms.  Meckel  is  a  25-year-old  whose  first  and  only  pregnancy  ended  in  a  full-term  normally  grown  infant  with  a  large  skin-covered  encephalocele.  The  infant  died  a  few  hours  after  birth  which,  she  was  told,  was  the  result  of  undeveloped  lungs.  Her  family  history,  as  well  as  her  husband's,  is  negative  for  a  history  of  neural  tube  defects,  or  any  other  birth  defects.  Likewise,  there  is  no  history  of  early  infant  death  in  any  family  members.  Ms.  Meckel  believes  an  autopsy  was  performed,  but  she  has  never  seen  a  report,  or  been  told  the  results  of  the  autopsy.  She  would  like  to  have  a  child,  but  is  concerned  about  the  risk  she  will  have  another  child  with  the  same  condition.  How  would  you  counsel  this  patient?