Clinical Review
Porphyria after Bariatric Surgery
Fed Pract. 2012 December;29(12):e1
Acute weight loss—like that associated with bariatric surgery—can precipitate porphyria, a dangerous metabolic disorder, warn doctors from Hôpitaux Universitaires de Strasbourg in Strasbourg, France. They report on a patient who showed alarming neurologic symptoms and pain after-bariatric surgery.