Severe Haemolytic Anaemia, A Rare Presentation of Nutritional Vitamin B₁₂ Deficiency: A Case Report

Volume 1 - Issue 3

Aamir Siddiqui*

Received: May 22, 2019;   Published:May 29, 2019

DOI: 10.32474/GJAPM.2018.01.000114

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Abstract

Vitamin B₁₂ deficiency usually mimics megaloblastic anemia, pancytopenia, neurological symptoms and, rarely, hemolytic anemia. This report describes a case with symptoms of apathy and findings suggestive of severe hemolytic anemia, diagnosed with vitamin B₁₂ deficiency. Haemolysis is a rare hematological finding in cases of B₁₂ deficiency, and descriptions of a nutritional vitamin B₁₂ deficiency, without evidence of pernicious anaemia, causing haemolysis, are even scarcer, and this paper was intended to draw physicians’ attention to this rare form of presentation.

Keywords: Haemolytic anaemia; Vitamin B₁₂; Cobalamine; Vitamin deficiency; Nutritional anaemia

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