Reversible ecchymosis and hyperpigmented lesions: A rare presentation of dietary Vitamin B12 deficiency

Reversible myelopathy with vitamin B12 deficiency.

Vitamin B12 deficiency causes haematological, gastrointestinal, psychiatric and neurological diseases. Subacute combined degeneration (SCD) of the spinal cord, characterised by degeneration of the lateral and posterior columns, is often found due to vitamin B12 deficiency. We report SCD occurring in a 57-year-old man who presented with a 2.5-month history of gradually progressing tingling in th...

Reversible cutaneous hyperpigmentation in vitamin B12 deficiency.

Received: 08.02.2013; Revised: 01.04.2013; Accepted: 26.04.2013 A 6 6 ye a r o l d m a l e p r e s e n t e d w i t h g e n e r a l i s e d we a k n e s s , hyperpigmentation of knuckles and decreased appetite since two months. Clinical examination revealed a bald tongue, pallor, glossitis, stomatitis, k n u c k l e p i g m e n t a t i o n , p a l m pigmentation, pigmentation of the sole (Figure...

Human dietary deficiency of vitamin B12.

pseudo-foster kennedy syndrome as a rare presentation of vitamin b12 deficiency

conclusions demyelinating disease, anterior ischemic optic neuropathy, non-arteritic anterior ischemic optic neuropathy, autoimmune disease, and hereditary optic neuropathy could cause optic neuropathy. normal cbc parameters and the absence of clinical manifestations of vitamin b12 deficiency could not rule out its diagnosis. careful physical examinations and history-taking with a classical app...

Pseudo-Foster Kennedy Syndrome as a Rare Presentation of Vitamin B12 Deficiency

INTRODUCTION Pseudo-Foster Kennedy syndrome is a triad consisting of ipsilateral optic atrophy, contralateral optic disc edema, and ipsilateral anosmia in the absence of an intracranial mass. Vitamin B12 plays an important role in DNA synthesis, and its deficiency causes peripheral neuropathy, myeloneuropathy, and, very rarely, optic neuropathy. CASE PRESENTATION In this study, we describe a ...