Affiliation:
1. Department of Internal Medicine, Division of Gastroenterology & Endoscopy, Faculty of Medicine, Al-Azhar University, EL Hussein University Hospital, EL Darrasa, Cairo, Egypt
Abstract
ABSTRACT
The intragastric balloon system is a minimally invasive weight loss measure for people with obesity. Intra Gastric balloons oblige the patient to eat less food, by occupying space in the stomach, creating a feeling of constant satiety. We report a rare case of a 19-year-old Saudi man who presented with morbid obesity. At the time of presentation, the patients weight was 143 kg and BMI 49.48 kg/m2 intragastric balloon insertion done using 6 months END BALL intragastric balloon system at Almana Tertiary Referral Hospital, Dammam, Saudi Arabia. surprisingly, and after 10 months duration of gastric balloon procedure, the patient incredibly lost about 77 kg and his weight become 66 kg and BMI 22.83 kg/m2 and this considered an unusual weight loss after intragastric balloon not previously reported worldwide as loss of about 7% to 15% of body weight is typical during the 6 months after intragastric balloon placement however, in our case the patient lost 53.84% of body weight.