CellWell record HH-455575
Zinc deficiency with desquamating rash and hyperammonaemia after Roux-en-Y gastric bypass surgery
Radha Roopesh Patel; Rachel Palmer; Brandon Umphress; W Graham Carlos
2026
In plain language
A woman in her 40s with prior gastric bypass presented with severe hyperammonaemia, a desquamating rash and suspected zinc deficiency, illustrating that zinc deficiency belongs in the differential for such findings.
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