Reversible neurological symptoms caused by vitamin E deficiency in a patient with short bowel syndrome.
The effect of vitamin E deprivation on the fully developed human nervous system is not known. In children with fat malabsorption from various causes neuropathological and neurological changes have been ascribed to vitamin E deficiency. Herein we described a neurological deficit that occurred in a 64-yr-old man with chronic steatorrhea leading to severe vitamin E deficiency. long-term supplementation with vitamin E resulted in clinical improvement beginning a few months after normalization of his vitamin E status.
D001259:Ataxia / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000209:etiology; D006801:Humans; D008286:Malabsorption Syndromes / Q000150:complications*; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009422:Nervous System Diseases / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000209:etiology*; D012778:Short Bowel Syndrome / Q000150:complications*; D014786:Vision Disorders / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000209:etiology; D014794:Visual Fields; D014810:Vitamin E / Q000627:therapeutic use; D014811:Vitamin E Deficiency / Q000150:complications*
D014810:Vitamin E