ea0016p126 | Clinical cases | ECE2008
Runkle Isabelle
, Lecumberri Edurne
, Matia Pilar
, Rubio Miguel A
, Sanchez-Pernaute Andres
, Nieto Asuncion
, Mediavilla Joaquin
Langerhans cell histiocytosis (LCH) is a rare disease often involving the hypothalamo-pituitary axis. Extreme obesity is frequent, but effective treatment is not. Malabsorptive bariatric surgery techniques are effective for weight loss in hypothalamic dysfunction. Laparoscopic sleeve gastrectomy (LSG) has recently emerged as a restrictive bariatric procedure to be used before biliopancreatic diversion or gastric bypass, thus reducing surgery-associated morbidity in particularl...