1994
DOI: 10.1001/archopht.1994.01090140036014
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Short-term Night Blindness Associated With Colon Resection and Hypovitaminosis A

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“…6,8 Both cases had night blindness as the only ophthalmic manifestation. One of the cases 8 had radiation enteritis as the main cause of vitamin A deficiency.…”
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confidence: 94%
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“…6,8 Both cases had night blindness as the only ophthalmic manifestation. One of the cases 8 had radiation enteritis as the main cause of vitamin A deficiency.…”
Section: Commentmentioning
confidence: 94%
“…6 The clinical manifestations of vitamin A deficiency include night blindness, xerophthalmia, and follicular hyperkeratosis of the skin. Xerophthalmia ranges from mild conjunctival dryness to keratomalacia.…”
Section: Commentmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…[4][5][6][7] However, night blindness due to vitamin A deficiency in relation to pancreatic neoplasm is probably rare and to our knowledge there are only a couple of case reports in medical literature. 2,8 Vitamin A (retinol) is ingested mainly as retinyl esters and a range of carotenoids, the most abundant of which b carotene is cleaved in the enterocyte to retinaldehyde and then reduced to retinol.…”
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confidence: 99%
“…Eine Hypovitaminämie kommt in den industrialisierten Ländern selten bei Mangelernährung vor [2], eher durch Malabsorption oder Krankheiten, die den Metabolismus beeinflussen, wie Alkoholismus [8], chronische Lebererkrankungen, Pankreasinsuffizienz, zystische Pankreasfibrose, Pankreaskarzinom, Morbus Crohn, Colon Karzinom [13] oder andere Erkrankungen mit Fettmalabsorption [12]. In den letzten Jahren findet sich eine Hypovitaminämie auch nach einer intestinalen Bypasschirurgie bei krankhafter Adipositas [1,7,14], je nach Operationstechnik durch Abnahme der intestinalen Oberfläche [2].…”
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