Skin Hyperpigmentation as the Presenting Symptom of Subacute Combined Degeneration of the Spinal Cord

Vitamin B12 deficiency results in hematological, neurological, and rarely dermatological complications. Subacute combined degeneration of the cord is one of the neurological complications, and usually the presenting symptom is paresthesia. Herein, we report a case of a 46-year-old man with subacute...

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Autores principales: Alhazmi, Abdulhameed, Almalki, Abdulrahman, Ghazala, Safieeldin
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Hindawi 2017
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Case Report
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5735604/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/29359056
http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2017/7140908
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description Vitamin B12 deficiency results in hematological, neurological, and rarely dermatological complications. Subacute combined degeneration of the cord is one of the neurological complications, and usually the presenting symptom is paresthesia. Herein, we report a case of a 46-year-old man with subacute combined degeneration presenting with knuckle hyperpigmentation.
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spelling pubmed-57356042018-01-22 Skin Hyperpigmentation as the Presenting Symptom of Subacute Combined Degeneration of the Spinal Cord Alhazmi, Abdulhameed Almalki, Abdulrahman Ghazala, Safieeldin Case Rep Neurol Med Case Report Vitamin B12 deficiency results in hematological, neurological, and rarely dermatological complications. Subacute combined degeneration of the cord is one of the neurological complications, and usually the presenting symptom is paresthesia. Herein, we report a case of a 46-year-old man with subacute combined degeneration presenting with knuckle hyperpigmentation. Hindawi 2017 2017-11-22 /pmc/articles/PMC5735604/ /pubmed/29359056 http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2017/7140908 Text en Copyright © 2017 Abdulhameed Alhazmi et al. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ This is an open access article distributed under the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
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Skin Hyperpigmentation as the Presenting Symptom of Subacute Combined Degeneration of the Spinal Cord
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title_full Skin Hyperpigmentation as the Presenting Symptom of Subacute Combined Degeneration of the Spinal Cord
title_fullStr Skin Hyperpigmentation as the Presenting Symptom of Subacute Combined Degeneration of the Spinal Cord
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title_short Skin Hyperpigmentation as the Presenting Symptom of Subacute Combined Degeneration of the Spinal Cord
title_sort skin hyperpigmentation as the presenting symptom of subacute combined degeneration of the spinal cord
topic Case Report
url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5735604/
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http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2017/7140908
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