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  • Impact Factor: 1.809**
  • H-Index: 6
  • ISSN: 2474-1655
  • DOI: 10.25107/2474-1655
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  •  Emergency Medicine and Critical Care
  •  Nursing
  •  Child Birth
  •  Sexual Health
  •  Orthopedic Sugery
  •  Inflammation
  •  Infectious Disease
  •  Forensic and Legal Medicine

Abstract

Citation: Ann Clin Case Rep. 2016;1(1):1067.DOI: 10.25107/2474-1655.1067

A Case of Beriberi with Leg Edema, Pleural Effusion, and Anemia

Tsutsui K and Nemoto M

Department of Internal Medicine, The Jikei University School of Medicine, Japan

*Correspondance to: Nemoto M 

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Abstract:

Case: We describe a case of beriberi with leg edema, pleural effusion, and anemia. Echocardiography revealed that the inferior vena cava diameter was 18 mm, but respiratory changes were not observed. Pulmonary hypertension was observed, with a systolic pulmonary arterial pressure of 45 mmHg. Peripheral blood concentrations of vitamin B1 decreased significantly. Beriberi heart disease caused by vitamin B1 deficiency was considered to lead to systemic edema; continuous vitamin supplementation maintained cardiac movement, and the anemia did not progress.

Keywords:

Vitamin B1; Beriberi heart disease

Cite the Article:

Tsutsui K, Nemoto M. A Case of Beriberi with Leg Edema, Pleural Effusion, and Anemia. Ann Clin Case Rep. 2016; 1: 1067.

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