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Published on: June 11, 2012
Dry Beriberi Post Roux-en-Y Gastric Bypass Surgery
Ashik Pokharel1, Indira Acharya1, Ted O Akhiwu1
1Medstar Health Internal Medicine Residency Program, Baltimore, MD, USA.
Abstract:
Bariatric surgery is an effective strategy for achieving substantial weight loss, prolonging survival, and improving the comorbidities associated with obesity. Nutritional deficiency is a commonly recognized post-procedural complication. Here, we present a case of a patient with paresthesia, lower extremity weakness, and altered mental status one year following Roux-en-Y gastric bypass, who was found to have multiple vitamin and micronutrient deficiencies and was diagnosed with beriberi in the setting of profound thiamine deficiency.
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