Life Threatening Anemia with Hemolysis, Thrombocytopenia and Brain Atrophy due to Vitamin B12 Deficiency

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Keskin, Ebru Yilmaz [1 ]
Kabasakal, Hilal [2 ]
Ince, Hulya [4 ]
Keskin, Mahmut [3 ]
Igde, Mahir [2 ]
Oksuz, Banu Gulcan [2 ]
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[1] Samsun Educ & Res Hosp, Pediat Hematol & Oncol, Samsun, Turkey
[2] Samsun Educ & Res Hosp, Pediat, Samsun, Turkey
[3] Samsun Educ & Res Hosp, Pediat Cardiol, Samsun, Turkey
[4] Samsun Matern & Child Hlth Hosp, Pediat Neurol, Samsun, Turkey
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CUKUROVA MEDICAL JOURNAL | 2014年 / 39卷 / 04期
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Vitamin B12 deficiency hemolysis; thrombocytopenia; growth failure; neuromotor retardation;
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R5 [内科学];
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1002 ; 100201 ;
摘要
Megaloblastic anemia due to vitamin B12 deficiency is rare in infancy. It usually occurs in exclusively breast-fed infants born to vitamin B12-deficient mothers. We report a one-year-old female infant with initial diagnosis of leukemia who was found severely vitamin B12-deficient secondary to maternal deficiency. She had marked neurodevelopmental retardation, and presented with life-threatening anemia, findings of hemolysis, thrombocytopenia and cerebral atrophy on magnetic resonance imaging.
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页码:900 / 904
页数:5
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