• Arch Neurol Chicago · Jan 2007

    Case Reports

    Ornithine transcarbamylase deficiency presenting as encephalopathy during adulthood following bariatric surgery.

    • William T Hu, Orhun H Kantarci, J Lawrence Merritt, Pamela McGrann, P James B Dyck, Claudia F Lucchinetti, and Maja Tippmann-Peikert.
    • Department of Neurology, Mayo Clinic College of Medicine, Rochester, Minn 55905, USA.
    • Arch Neurol Chicago. 2007 Jan 1; 64 (1): 126-8.

    BackgroundNeurological complications following bariatric surgery are rare. Whereas nutritional deficiencies are the most common cause of neurological symptoms, the unmasking of previously subclinical metabolic disorders can also lead to significant morbidity.ObjectiveTo characterize the clinical presentation, serum biochemical fluctuations, and functional enzymatic analysis of a case of functional ornithine transcarbamylase deficiency unmasked by a dietary change following bariatric surgery.DesignCase report.SettingTertiary referral center, hospital (inpatient) setting.PatientA 29-year-old woman who presented with intermittent encephalopathy associated with recurrent hyperammonemia.InterventionsClinical, biochemical, and mutational studies.ResultsThe pattern of intermittent hyperammonemia and encephalopathy following oral and parenteral nutrition suggested a urea cycle abnormality. Functional enzymatic assay results showed markedly reduced ornithine transcarbamylase activity in the absence of known coding mutations.ConclusionPreviously asymptomatic ornithine transcarbamylase deficiency should be suspected in adult patients who develop recurrent hyperammonemia and encephalopathy following bariatric surgery.

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