Vitamin B12c in Pernicious Anaemia and Subacute Combined Degeneration of Cord

Amino-aciduria accompanying untreated pernicious anaemia and subacute combined degeneration of the spinal cord.

Weaver and Neill (1954) reported abnormal excretions of taurine, sometimes accompanied by over-excretion of lysine, cystine, and leucine, in the urine of five patients suffering from pernicious anaemia. In one patient with subacute combined degeneration of the spinal cord in whom the blood picture was normal, they found that taurine alone was excreted in abnormal quantities. After treatment wit...

Addisonian Pernicious Anæmia with Subacute Combined Degeneration in an Indian

SUBACUTE combined degeneration of the spinal cord.

This paper describes the clinical history of an adult male who was found to be suffering from subacute combined degeneration of the spinal cord. It is believed that this is the first report of this condition in Papua New Guinea.

Subacute combined degeneration : report of two cases

Subacute combined degeneration ( SCD) due to vitamin B12 deficiency is common in North of Europe but sometimes it is seen in Iran. It can develop before the symptoms of anemia is obvious, with myelin injury and then axon and even neuron destruction in spinal cord, brain, optic and peripheral nerves. In this study two cases are reported; in the first patient, this disease in manifested by vitami...

Subacute combined degeneration of the spinal cord in vitamin B12 and copper deficiency.

Schimana R, et al. BMJ Case Rep 2017. doi:10.1136/bcr-2017-222446 Description A 67-year-old man with a medical history of pancreatoduodenectomy (Whipple procedure) in September 2015 due to a pancreatic cancer was admitted to our department of neurology 1 year later with a progressively disturbed gait. He reported weakness and numbness of both legs. Clinical examination revealed a spastic sensom...