Case Report Congenital Methemoglobinemia in Pregnancy
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Methemoglobinemia is a well-known but frequently forgotten cause of hypoxia and respiratory distress in patients of all ages. A rare form of methemoglobinemia is divided into congenital or hereditary. There are very few clinical papers and case reports published on literature with regards to this. We report a case of congenital methemoglobinemia in a pregnant woman who presented to us with cyanosis and dyspnea since childhood and worsened during pregnancy.
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