100 kg more or less, still the same person (and disorder): from overweight to underweight--exacerbation of an eating disorder after bariatric surgery.

Abstract

To report the case of a morbidly obese 49-year-old woman with nonspecific interstitial pneumonia who underwent bariatric surgery. Because of inadequate weight loss after sleeve gastrectomy, duodenal switch as component of a stepwise treatment was performed and led to unexplained progressive weight loss and malnutrition.

Bibliographical data

Original languageEnglish
Article number3
ISSN0276-3478
Publication statusPublished - 2013
pubmed 23192726