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Dry Beriberi: Unusual Complication of Prolonged Parenteral Nutrition
Author(s) -
Zak J.,
Burns D.,
Lingenfelser T.,
Steyn E.,
Marks I.N.
Publication year - 1991
Publication title -
journal of parenteral and enteral nutrition
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.935
H-Index - 98
eISSN - 1941-2444
pISSN - 0148-6071
DOI - 10.1177/0148607191015002200
Subject(s) - medicine , parenteral nutrition , beriberi , thiamine , complication , ataxia , peripheral neuropathy , thiamine deficiency , disease , surgery , pediatrics , intensive care medicine , endocrinology , diabetes mellitus , psychiatry
An adult with Crohn's disease on home total parenteral nutrition (TPN) for 8 months presented with peripheral neuropathy and ataxia. The patient was found to be deficient of thiamine. A prompt symptomatic response to intravenous thiamine suggests that the patient had the chronic form of dry beriberi. To our knowledge, this variety of beriberi in a patient on TPN has not previously been reported. (Journal of Parenteral and Enteral Nutrition 15: 200–201, 1991)