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Not so Element-ary: A Copper Conundrum
Copper is an essential micronutrient required for a number of enzymatic activities. Deficiency is relatively rare as only trace amounts are needed to maintain homeostasis. Deficiencies however do occur and are most commonly seen in malabsorptive states such as after bariatric surgeries. Herein, we p...
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7510182/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/32983656 http://dx.doi.org/10.7759/cureus.9950 |
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author | Asghar, Muhammad Khan, Uzair Horvath, Emily Khan, Arsalan |
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description | Copper is an essential micronutrient required for a number of enzymatic activities. Deficiency is relatively rare as only trace amounts are needed to maintain homeostasis. Deficiencies however do occur and are most commonly seen in malabsorptive states such as after bariatric surgeries. Herein, we present an interesting case of copper deficiency diagnosed in a 70-year-old male patient post duodenal switch procedure which persisted despite aggressive oral and intravenous copper supplementation. This lack of response to supplementation prompted further evaluation, leading to a diagnosis of underlying heterozygous Wilson's disease. |
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spelling | pubmed-75101822020-09-24 Not so Element-ary: A Copper Conundrum Asghar, Muhammad Khan, Uzair Horvath, Emily Khan, Arsalan Cureus Internal Medicine Copper is an essential micronutrient required for a number of enzymatic activities. Deficiency is relatively rare as only trace amounts are needed to maintain homeostasis. Deficiencies however do occur and are most commonly seen in malabsorptive states such as after bariatric surgeries. Herein, we present an interesting case of copper deficiency diagnosed in a 70-year-old male patient post duodenal switch procedure which persisted despite aggressive oral and intravenous copper supplementation. This lack of response to supplementation prompted further evaluation, leading to a diagnosis of underlying heterozygous Wilson's disease. Cureus 2020-08-23 /pmc/articles/PMC7510182/ /pubmed/32983656 http://dx.doi.org/10.7759/cureus.9950 Text en Copyright © 2020, Asghar et al. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/ This is an open access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author and source are credited. |
spellingShingle | Internal Medicine Asghar, Muhammad Khan, Uzair Horvath, Emily Khan, Arsalan Not so Element-ary: A Copper Conundrum |
title | Not so Element-ary: A Copper Conundrum |
title_full | Not so Element-ary: A Copper Conundrum |
title_fullStr | Not so Element-ary: A Copper Conundrum |
title_full_unstemmed | Not so Element-ary: A Copper Conundrum |
title_short | Not so Element-ary: A Copper Conundrum |
title_sort | not so element-ary: a copper conundrum |
topic | Internal Medicine |
url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7510182/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/32983656 http://dx.doi.org/10.7759/cureus.9950 |
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