scholarly journals Severe Haemolytic Anaemia, A Rare Presentation of Nutritional Vitamin B12 Deficiency: A Case Report

Author(s):  
Aamir Siddiqui
2019 ◽  
Vol 2 (1) ◽  
pp. 188-190
Author(s):  
Aamir Siddiqui

Vitamin B12 deficiency usually presents with megaloblastic anemia, pancytopenia, and neurological symptoms. The cause is usually, nutritional deficiency, increase demand, decrease absorption. This report describes a case with symptoms of apathy and findings suggestive of severe hemolytic anemia, diagnosed with vitamin B12 deficiency. Haemolysis is a rare hematological finding in cases of B12 deficiency, and descriptions of a nutritional vitamin B12 deficiency, without evidence of pernicious anaemia, causing haemolysis, are even scarcer, and this paper was intended to draw physicians’ attention to this rare form of presentation.


2020 ◽  
Vol 58 (230) ◽  
Author(s):  
Ankita Srivastava ◽  
Sanjiv Choudhary

Vitamin B12 deficiency can present with variable hematological, neuropsychiatric, and mucocutaneous changes. Hyperpigmentation, specifically involving the knuckles has been described in vitamin B12 deficiency, but usually,these patients are symptomatic with systemic manifestations like megaloblastic anemia, pancytopenia, or neurological deficits. Here, we are reporting a case of nutritional vitamin B12 deficiency, who presented with isolated knuckle pigmentation and was successfully treated with oral therapy. This case also highlights the importance of recognizing this cutaneous sign as an early marker of vitamin B12 deficiency; thereby enabling the clinician to treat the disease before it leads to irreversible neurological complications.


2006 ◽  
Vol 19 (2) ◽  
pp. 275 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jung Hun Lee ◽  
Il Man Jeong ◽  
Won Goo Seo ◽  
Chul Ho Woo ◽  
Jong Seok Bae ◽  
...  

2016 ◽  
Vol 5 (2) ◽  
pp. 485 ◽  
Author(s):  
HansRaj Pahadiya ◽  
Manoj Lakhotia ◽  
Sukhdev Choudhary ◽  
GopalRaj Prajapati ◽  
Sangeeta Pradhan

2014 ◽  
Vol 8 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Luke Rannelli ◽  
Rita Watterson ◽  
Rupang Pandya ◽  
Alexander A Leung

1974 ◽  
Vol 27 (5) ◽  
pp. 470-478 ◽  
Author(s):  
John A. Kark ◽  
Maurice Victor ◽  
John D. Hines ◽  
John W. Harris

2012 ◽  
Vol 14 (2) ◽  
pp. 174-180
Author(s):  
Caterina Zanus ◽  
Elena Alberini ◽  
Paola Costa ◽  
Franco Colonna ◽  
Floriana Zennaro ◽  
...  

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