The risks of "bariatric tourism", and photophobia with a pustular rash - Case Reports June 2025

<p>Gastric sleeve surgery is the key feature of a pair of recent cases from the journal, which start this episode (1:17). Both cases feature 25-yo women with presentations in common: paraesthesia and limb weakness, along with disordered eye movement. Their symptoms arose soon after the gastrectomy operation.  <a href='https://pn.bmj.com/content/25/3/268'>https://pn.bmj.com/content/25/3/268</a> </p> <p>The second report is a "true grey case" (22:14), with a myriad of presenting symptoms in a 27-yo man: fevers, weight loss, lethargy, light sensitivity, and skin plaques around the nose and mouth. Steroid treatment was started with a suspicion of a  connective tissue disease, but was halted when his condition soon worsened. Some feathered friends of the podcast shine a light on the diagnosis. <a href='https://pn.bmj.com/content/25/3/253'>https://pn.bmj.com/content/25/3/253</a> </p> <p>The case reports discussion is hosted by Prof. Martin Turner¹, who is joined by Dr. Ruth Wood² and Dr. Bab...