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hypoinsulinemic hypoglycemia with hemihypertrophy

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An inherited metabolic disorder characterized by neonatal macrosomia, asymmetrical overgrowth, and recurrent, severe hypoinsulinemic hypoglycemia in infancy that has_material_basis_in heterozygous activating mutation in the AKT2 gene on chromosome 19q13.2.

Signs and symptoms

  • Hypoinsulinemia
  • Bilateral tonic-clonic seizure
  • Fasting hypoglycemia
  • Hypoglycemia
  • Gynecomastia
  • Truncal obesity
  • Polyhydramnios
  • Large for gestational age
  • Neonatal hypoglycemia
  • Hemihypertrophy

Also known as: HIHGHH; hypoinsulinemic hypoglycemia and body hemihypertrophy