Open AccessVITAMIN A DEFICIENCY MONITORED BY QUANTITATIVE SHORT WAVELENGTH FUNDUS AUTOFLUORESCENCE IN A CASE OF BARIATRIC SURGERY
Author(s) -
José Ronaldo Lima de Carvalho,
Stephen H. Tsang,
Janet R. Sparrow
Publication year - 2019
Publication title -
retinal cases and brief reports
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.428
H-Index - 14
eISSN - 1937-1578
pISSN - 1935-1089
DOI - 10.1097/icb.0000000000000931
Subject(s) - autofluorescence , medicine , fundus (uterus) , ophthalmology , vitamin a deficiency , retinal , blindness , vitamin , surgery , optometry , retinol , physics , fluorescence , quantum mechanics
Bariatric surgery is recognized as a treatment option for obesity. However, the cost-efficiency of screening for serum vitamin A and the effectiveness of its oral supplementation in these patients remain unclear. Here, we report a case in which vitamin A and carotenoid deficiency after bariatric surgery were monitored by noninvasive quantitative fundus autofluorescence imaging.