Arch Neurol Chicago
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Arch Neurol Chicago · Jan 2007
Case ReportsOrnithine transcarbamylase deficiency presenting as encephalopathy during adulthood following bariatric surgery.
Neurological 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. ⋯ Previously asymptomatic ornithine transcarbamylase deficiency should be suspected in adult patients who develop recurrent hyperammonemia and encephalopathy following bariatric surgery.