Vitamin B12 deficiency presenting with hyperpigmentation and pancytopenia

Hyperpigmentation with generalized weakness may be the initial presentation of several systemic conditions. Vitamin B12 deficiency can present very rarely as hyperpigmentation. Association of pancytopenia at this stage is even rare. Early identification and management can prevent various neurologica...

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Autor principal: Rao, Valluri Rama
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Medknow Publications & Media Pvt Ltd 2018
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Case Report
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6069637/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/30112325
http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/jfmpc.jfmpc_347_16
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description Hyperpigmentation with generalized weakness may be the initial presentation of several systemic conditions. Vitamin B12 deficiency can present very rarely as hyperpigmentation. Association of pancytopenia at this stage is even rare. Early identification and management can prevent various neurological complications. Here, we report a rare case of Vitamin B12 deficiency presenting as hyperpigmentation and pancytopenia.
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spelling pubmed-60696372018-08-15 Vitamin B12 deficiency presenting with hyperpigmentation and pancytopenia Rao, Valluri Rama J Family Med Prim Care Case Report Hyperpigmentation with generalized weakness may be the initial presentation of several systemic conditions. Vitamin B12 deficiency can present very rarely as hyperpigmentation. Association of pancytopenia at this stage is even rare. Early identification and management can prevent various neurological complications. Here, we report a rare case of Vitamin B12 deficiency presenting as hyperpigmentation and pancytopenia. Medknow Publications & Media Pvt Ltd 2018 /pmc/articles/PMC6069637/ /pubmed/30112325 http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/jfmpc.jfmpc_347_16 Text en Copyright: © 2018 Journal of Family Medicine and Primary Care http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/4.0 This is an open access journal, and articles are distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 License, which allows others to remix, tweak, and build upon the work non-commercially, as long as appropriate credit is given and the new creations are licensed under the identical terms.
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title Vitamin B12 deficiency presenting with hyperpigmentation and pancytopenia
title_full Vitamin B12 deficiency presenting with hyperpigmentation and pancytopenia
title_fullStr Vitamin B12 deficiency presenting with hyperpigmentation and pancytopenia
title_full_unstemmed Vitamin B12 deficiency presenting with hyperpigmentation and pancytopenia
title_short Vitamin B12 deficiency presenting with hyperpigmentation and pancytopenia
title_sort vitamin b12 deficiency presenting with hyperpigmentation and pancytopenia
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url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6069637/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/30112325
http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/jfmpc.jfmpc_347_16
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