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Acquired Vitamin B12 Deficiency: Cutaneous Hyperpigmentation and Hepato-Splenomegaly in Megaloblastic Anaemia / Pancytopenia Reported in a 15-Month-Old Boy

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DOI: 10.23958/ijirms/vol05-i09/953· Pages: 385 - 388· Vol. 5, No. 09, (2020)· Published: September 13, 2020
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Abstract

Megaloblastic Anemia (MA) embraces various conditions with a functioning or a depressed marrow. Hence, in the light of this group of anemia, several observations were made linking it to cutaneous hyperpigmentation. Thus, in combination of both and in the presence of Pancytopenia, we report an atypical clinical image of Acquired vitamin B12 deficiency consistent with the above-mentioned description in a paediatric patient.

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Vitamin b12 deficiencyPaediatricAnaemiapancytopeniaSaudi Arabia
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Faten Ahmad AlKateb
General Paediatric Consultant, Children’s Specialised Hospital, King Fahad Medical City, Riyadh, SA
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Ahmed Mohammed AlEidan
Paediatric Residents, Children’s Specialised Hospital, King Fahad Medical City, Riyadh, SA
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Layla Bidah AlGahtani
Paediatric Residents, Children’s Specialised Hospital, King Fahad Medical City, Riyadh, SA
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Noura Muteeb AlHowiati
Family Medicine Resident, King Fahad Medical City, Riyadh, SA
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Aziza Fayez AlSwayyed
Haemato-Pathology Consultant, King Fahad Medical City, Riyadh, SA
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Abdulaziz Khaled AlAreefy
Paediatric Residents, Children’s Specialised Hospital, King Fahad Medical City, Riyadh, SA
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Mazen Mohammed AlGhofaily
Paediatric Residents, Children’s Specialised Hospital, King Fahad Medical City, Riyadh, SA
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