NDLI: Night blindness due to vitamin A deficiency associated with copper deficiency myelopathy secondary to bowel bypass surgery

Content Provider	PubMed Central
Author	Abdul, Jabbar Alhassany Ali
Copyright Year	2014
Abstract	We present an interesting case of combined vitamin A and copper deficiency after a history of gastric bypass surgery where symptoms improved after parenteral copper and vitamin A treatment. Gastric bypass surgery as a cause of fat soluble vitamin deficiency is generally under-reported. Copper deficiency has been reported after gastric bypass surgery. Vitamin A deficiency after gastric bypass surgery has also been reported in the literature, but the reported cases again fall below the actual figures. B12 and folate deficiencies can produce a type of myelopathy similar to that produced by copper deficiency, and differentiation on the basis of laboratory tests, neurophysiology and improvement of symptoms after replacement therapy might be the hallmark of diagnosis. Combinations of vitamin deficiencies were previously reported, but no cases of combined vitamin A and copper deficiency could be found in the literature.
Related Links	http://dx.doi.org/10.1136/bcr-2013-202478
Starting Page	2013202478
File Format	PDF
ISSN	1757790X
e-ISSN	1757790X
Journal	BMJ Case Reports
Volume Number	2014
Language	English
Publisher	BMJ Publishing Group
Publisher Date	2014-04-29
Access Restriction	Open
Rights Holder	BMJ Publishing Group
Subject Keyword	Research in Higher Education
Content Type	Text
Resource Type	Article
Subject	Medicine

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Night blindness due to vitamin A deficiency associated with copper deficiency myelopathy secondary to bowel bypass surgery