Third reported case of rare necrolytic migratory erythema associated with bacteraemia due to severe zinc deficiency after revisional Roux-En-Y gastric bypass: case report and literature review
CONCLUSION: Bariatric teams should screen patients before bariatric surgery for nutritional deficiencies and continue surveillance of their nutritional status after surgery. They should maintain a high index of suspicion for zinc deficiency in patients with skin rash after bariatric surgery.LEVEL OF EVIDENCE: Level V, case report.PMID:34061321 | DOI:10.1007/s40519-021-01154-z
Source: Eating and weight disorders : EWD - Category: Eating Disorders & Weight Management Authors: Yassmin Salaheldin Walid El Ansari Esraa Aljaloudi Wahiba Elhag Source Type: research
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