Meeting
Abstract Number: 907
Hospital Medicine 2019, March 24-27, National Harbor, Md.
Case Presentation: Thiamine deficiency is a known complication of bariatric surgery presenting commonly as Wernicke encephalopathy or dry beriberi. Pure sensory ascending neuropathy as a presenting complaint, however, is rare, which we describe here in the acute setting after intragastric balloon (IGB) placement. A 48 year old obese but otherwise healthy female underwent an uncomplicated […]