Anorexia nervosa and pregnancy

We report the case of a pregnancy associated with severe anorexia nervosa. The patient weighed 33 kg for 1 m 51 at conception. The pregnancy was obtained during a spontaneous cycle. Despite nutritional and psychological case, the patient continued to lose weight and weighed only 28 kgs at 33 weeks of amenorrhea, when she gave birth to a hypotrophic child of 1130 gr after artificial starting. The case provides discussion of the relation ship between anorexia nervosa and pregnancy.