Journals / İzmir Dr. Behçet Uz Çocuk Hastanesi Dergisi / 2014 / Cilt: 4 - Sayı: 1

Severe axonal neuropathy resulting from folic acid deficiency in a case with restrictive type anorexia nervosa

Folik asit eksikliğine bağlı ciddi aksonal nöropati gelişen restriktif tip anoreksiya nervoza tanılı bir olgu

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Although peripheral neuropathy is a rare late complication of anorexia nervosa, clinicians dealing with anorexia nervosa should be aware that peripheral neuropathy may also develop in the early course of disease.

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Objective & Hypothesis:An adolescent patient with eating disorder and three months history of severe weight loss presented with signs of neuropathy.
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Key Findings & Data:Serum folic acid level was low (1.5 ng/ml; normal values 5-16 ng/ml).
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Conclusion & Impact:Although peripheral neuropathy is a rare late complication of anorexia nervosa, clinicians dealing with anorexia nervosa should be aware that peripheral neuropathy may also develop in the early course of disease.
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Abstract

An adolescent patient with eating disorder and three months history of severe weight loss presented with signs of neuropathy. She had severe symmetrical weakness of proximal and distal muscles and electromyography revealed axonal type sensorimotor neuropathy. Serum folic acid level was low (1.5 ng/ml; normal values 5-16 ng/ml). Although peripheral neuropathy is a rare late complication of anorexia nervosa, clinicians dealing with anorexia nervosa should be aware that peripheral neuropathy may also develop in the early course of disease.

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Beslenme bozukluğu ve üç aydır ciddi kilo kaybı öyküsü bulunan bir adolesan olgu nöropati bulguları ile başvurdu. Proksimal ve distal kaslarda simetrik, ciddi güçsüzlüğü bulunan olgunun, elektronöromyografisinde aksonal tip sensörimotor nöropati bulguları saptandı. Serum folik asit düzeyleri düşüktü (1.5 ng/ml; normal: 5-16 ng/ ml). Periferal nöropati, anoreksiya nervozanın nadir, geç dönem komplikasyonu olsa da, anoreksia nervosa ile ilgilenen klinisyenler, periferal nöropatinin, hastalığın erken dönemlerinde de gelişebileceği konusunda dikkatli olmalıdırlar.

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BAYRAM, E., YİŞ, U., ÖZTURA, İ., AKDOĞAN, Ö., TOPÇU, Y., KARAOĞLU, P., HIZ, S. K. (2014). Severe axonal neuropathy resulting from folic acid deficiency in a case with restrictive type anorexia nervosa. İzmir Dr. Behçet Uz Çocuk Hastanesi Dergisi, Cilt: 4 - Sayı: 1, 72–74. https://ajindex.com/articles/210424

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