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Case Reports
. 2001 Dec;24(12):1692-4.
doi: 10.1002/mus.1204.

Malnutrition-induced myopathy following Roux-en-Y gastric bypass

A W Hsia  1 , E M Hattab, J S Katz
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Malnutrition-induced myopathy following Roux-en-Y gastric bypass

A W Hsia et al. Muscle Nerve. 2001 Dec.

Abstract

A 42-year-old man developed a myopathy in the setting of malnutrition following Roux-en-Y gastric bypass for the treatment of morbid obesity. No specific vitamin or electrolyte deficiency was identified. Muscle biopsy revealed type II fiber atrophy. He recovered after the initiation of continuous enteral feeding. We suggest that malnutrition was the underlying cause of his myopathy.

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