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Bilateral Keratomalacia From Vitamin A Deficiency in Pancreatic Insufficiency
While vitamin A deficiency is a leading cause of blindness globally, it is uncommon in the developed world. Here we describe the unique presentation of a young man in the United States with keratomalacia from vitamin A deficiency related to pancreatic insufficiency. The patient presented with bilate...
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9428414/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/36059339 http://dx.doi.org/10.7759/cureus.27569 |
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author | Bijan, Sara Filutowski, Oliver R Safari, Sara |
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description | While vitamin A deficiency is a leading cause of blindness globally, it is uncommon in the developed world. Here we describe the unique presentation of a young man in the United States with keratomalacia from vitamin A deficiency related to pancreatic insufficiency. The patient presented with bilateral blurry vision that persisted for two weeks, significant unintentional weight loss, orthostatic hypotension, and profuse diarrhea. Upon slit-lamp examination, bilateral corneal opacities were appreciated. After completing additional testing, it became clear that the patient's corneal opacities were related to vitamin A deficiency from pancreatic insufficiency. |
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spelling | pubmed-94284142022-09-03 Bilateral Keratomalacia From Vitamin A Deficiency in Pancreatic Insufficiency Bijan, Sara Filutowski, Oliver R Safari, Sara Cureus Ophthalmology While vitamin A deficiency is a leading cause of blindness globally, it is uncommon in the developed world. Here we describe the unique presentation of a young man in the United States with keratomalacia from vitamin A deficiency related to pancreatic insufficiency. The patient presented with bilateral blurry vision that persisted for two weeks, significant unintentional weight loss, orthostatic hypotension, and profuse diarrhea. Upon slit-lamp examination, bilateral corneal opacities were appreciated. After completing additional testing, it became clear that the patient's corneal opacities were related to vitamin A deficiency from pancreatic insufficiency. Cureus 2022-08-01 /pmc/articles/PMC9428414/ /pubmed/36059339 http://dx.doi.org/10.7759/cureus.27569 Text en Copyright © 2022, Bijan et al. https://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 | Ophthalmology Bijan, Sara Filutowski, Oliver R Safari, Sara Bilateral Keratomalacia From Vitamin A Deficiency in Pancreatic Insufficiency |
title | Bilateral Keratomalacia From Vitamin A Deficiency in Pancreatic Insufficiency |
title_full | Bilateral Keratomalacia From Vitamin A Deficiency in Pancreatic Insufficiency |
title_fullStr | Bilateral Keratomalacia From Vitamin A Deficiency in Pancreatic Insufficiency |
title_full_unstemmed | Bilateral Keratomalacia From Vitamin A Deficiency in Pancreatic Insufficiency |
title_short | Bilateral Keratomalacia From Vitamin A Deficiency in Pancreatic Insufficiency |
title_sort | bilateral keratomalacia from vitamin a deficiency in pancreatic insufficiency |
topic | Ophthalmology |
url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9428414/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/36059339 http://dx.doi.org/10.7759/cureus.27569 |
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