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Case Reports
. 1991 Mar-Apr;15(2):200-1.
doi: 10.1177/0148607191015002200.

Dry beriberi: unusual complication of prolonged parenteral nutrition

J Zak 3rd  1 , D Burns, T Lingenfelser, E Steyn, I N Marks
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Dry beriberi: unusual complication of prolonged parenteral nutrition

J Zak 3rd et al. JPEN J Parenter Enteral Nutr. 1991 Mar-Apr.

Abstract

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.

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