Ophthalmologic evaluation in vitamin-E deficiency: A case report.

Sindaco Daniele, et al.
European Journal of Ophthalmology, 2020

Abstract

A 41-year-old woman has come to our attention complaining of decreased visual acuity and monocular diplopia associated with upper and lower limb hypoesthesia. Malabsorption syndrome with vitamin A and E deficiency developed after a bariatric biliopancreatic diversion. The clinical ophthalmological signs and symptoms improved after oral vitamin supplementation therapy. The past medical history is essential in the case of a patient complaining of visual symptoms compatible with vitamin deficiency in order to detect the cause and to start a prompt therapy to avoid irreversible neurological and visual sequelae. The clinical features of our case closely resemble other cases described in the literature of patients affected by vitamin A and E deficiency secondary to malabsorption syndrome.

Keywords

Optic neuropathy; cornea/external disease; diseases of the ocular surface; diseases of the ocular surface: nutritional disorders neuotrophic keratopathy; neuro ophthalmology; retina; systemic drug retinal toxicity; tear deficiency states.

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