Severe Scurvy After Gastric Bypass Surgery and a Poor Postoperative Diet
Esben P.K. Hansen, Carsten Metzsche, Emil Henningsen, Palle Toft
Abstract
After bariatric gastric bypass surgery patients are at risk of developing micronutrient deficiencies. If gastric bypass surgery is followed by a vitamin deficient diet the patients have a risk of developing vitamin-C deficiency. When spontaneous ecchymosis is observed in the skin, in at-risk patients, scurvy must be considered. When treated with large doses of vitamin-C the symptoms of scurvy rapidly improve even if the patient has developed multiple organ dysfunction syndrome.
doi:10.4021/jocmr726w
Keywords
Scurvy; Gastric bypass surgery; Multiorgan dysfunction
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