Abdalla ELMustafa, Al-Sadi Anas, Fadul Abdalla, Ahmed Ahmed H, Musa Muzamil
Internal Medicine, Hamad Medical Corporation, Doha, QAT.
Cureus. 2022 Jul 2;14(7):e26507. doi: 10.7759/cureus.26507. eCollection 2022 Jul.
Vitamin B12 deficiency is a multifactorial condition, with a wide range of clinical presentations from mild to severe anemia and anemia-related neurological deficits. Hemolysis is a unique cause but has increasingly been recognized lately as a possible B12 deficiency presentation. Our patient presented with hemolytic anemia, for which extensive workup has excluded the common hemolysis etiologies. Therefore, it was attributed to B12 deficiency and improved significantly after treatment. Our case highlights the significance of this unusual presentation and its clinical implementation.
维生素B12缺乏是一种多因素疾病,临床表现范围广泛,从轻度至重度贫血以及与贫血相关的神经功能缺损。溶血是一种独特的病因,但近来越来越多地被认为是维生素B12缺乏的一种可能表现形式。我们的患者表现为溶血性贫血,经过广泛检查排除了常见的溶血病因。因此,该病被归因于维生素B12缺乏,治疗后有显著改善。我们的病例突出了这种不寻常表现形式的重要性及其临床应用。