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Query: UMLS:C0042571 (
vertigo
)
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A man with a subclinical cobalamin deficiency developed syncope,
vertigo
, paresthesias, and ataxia after two exposures to nitrous oxide anesthesia. Patients with unrecognized cobalamin deficiency may be particularly susceptible to brief exposures to nitrous oxide, which inactivates the cobalamin-dependent enzyme
methionine synthase
and may cause a myeloneuropathy. Clinicians should consider this entity when confronted with patients with neuropathic symptoms after surgical or dental procedures.
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PMID:'Anesthesia paresthetica': nitrous oxide-induced cobalamin deficiency. 764 61
