A clinical Pandora: Unusual manifestations of Vitamin B12 deficiency

Oral manifestations of vitamin B12 deficiency: a case report.

Megaloblastic anemias are a subgroup of macrocytic anemias, in which distinctive morphologic abnormalities occur in red cell precursors in bone marrow, namely megaloblastic erythropoiesis. Of the many causes of megaloblastic anemia, the most common are disorders resulting from cobalamin or folate deficiency. The clinical symptoms are weakness, fatigue, shortness of breath and neurologic abnorma...

clinical and mri manifestations of nitrous oxide induced vitamin b12 deficiency: a case report.

a 50 year-old man was referred with history of acute ataxia and lower extremity paresthesia 10 days after general anesthesia with nitrous oxide. cervical mri showed long hypersignal lesion in posterior segment of the cord. blood analysis revealed vitamin b12 deficiency. nitrous oxide-induced myelopathy should be considered in patients who develop acute neurological manifestation after general a...

Hematologic manifestations of vitamin B12 deficiency in swine.

Clinical and MRI manifestations of nitrous oxide induced vitamin B12 deficiency: A case report

A 50 year-old man was referred with history of acute ataxia and lower extremity paresthesia 10 days after general anesthesia with nitrous oxide. Cervical MRI showed long hypersignal lesion in posterior segment of the cord. Blood analysis revealed vitamin B12 deficiency. Nitrous oxide-induced myelopathy should be considered in patients who develop acute neurological manifestation after general a...

Recurrent seizures: an unusual manifestation of vitamin B12 deficiency.

The present report highlights an unusual presentation of vitamin B12 deficiency--recurrent seizures in a 26-year-old man. His symptoms responded to parenteral vitamin B12 therapy. The relevant literature is reviewed.