Abstract
An infant with ileal atresia and a postoperative short bowel syndrome was maintained intermittently for the first 8 1/2 months of life by total parenteral nutrition. At 7 1/2 months of age she developed signs of copper deficiency which responded promptly to copper supplementation. This rare dietary deficiency is the first reported during the course of total parenteral nutrition. An infant with ileal atresia and a postoperative short bowel syndrome was maintained intermittently for the first 8 1/2 months of life by total parenteral nutrition. At 7 1/2 months of age she developed signs of copper deficiency which responded promptly to copper supplementation. This rare dietary deficiency is the first reported during the course of total parenteral nutrition.
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