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Case Report
Volume 16, Number 1, March 2026, pages 45-48
Dry Beriberi With Hypoalbuminemia: Mimicking Wet Beriberi in a Post-Sleeve Gastrectomy Patient
Table
| Nerve | Motor nerve conduction study | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Latency | Amplitude | Conduction velocity | ||||
| ms (normal) | Reference deviation | mV (normal) | Reference deviation | m/s (normal) | Reference deviation | |
| Peroneal motor left | ||||||
| Ankle to extensor digitorum brevis | 5.49 (≤ 6.0) | –1.01 | 0.52 (≥ 2.0) | –1.48 | - | - |
| Below knee to ankle | 14.1 | - | 0.38 (≥ 2.0) | –1.62 | 44.1 (≥ 40) | 0.10 |
| Above knee to below knee | 15.7 | - | 0.35 (≥ 2.0) | –1.65 | 62.5 (≥ 40) | 18.5 |
| Peroneal motor right | ||||||
| Ankle to extensor digitorum brevis | 5.79 (≤ 6.0) | –0.71 | 2.2 (≥ 2.0) | 0.2 | - | - |
| Below knee to ankle | 13.4 | - | 2.0 (≥ 2.0) | 0.0 | 47.3 (≥ 40) | 3.3 |
| Above knee to below knee | 14.9 | - | 2.0 (≥ 2.0) | 0.0 | 66.7 (≥ 40) | 22.7 |
| Nerve | Sensory nerve conduction study | |||||
| Peak latency | Amplitude | Conduction velocity | ||||
| ms | Reference deviation | µV | Reference deviation | m/s | Reference deviation | |
| Sural sensory left | ||||||
| Middle lower leg to external saphenous nerve | No response | |||||
| Sural sensory right | ||||||
| Middle lower leg to external saphenous nerve | No response | |||||