Loss of vision as a presenting sign of cobalamin deficiency: An eye-opener

Bart J Veldt; Dick M H Zuidgeest; Joke A de Beijer-Dominicus; Ad Dees

doi:10.1016/j.ejim.2005.11.025

Loss of vision as a presenting sign of cobalamin deficiency: An eye-opener

Eur J Intern Med. 2006 Jul;17(4):292-4. doi: 10.1016/j.ejim.2005.11.025.

Authors

Bart J Veldt¹, Dick M H Zuidgeest, Joke A de Beijer-Dominicus, Ad Dees

Affiliation

¹ Ikazia Hospital, Department of Internal Medicine, Montessoriweg 1, 3083 AN Rotterdam, The Netherlands; Erasmus MC University Medical Center, Department of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, Rotterdam, The Netherlands.

PMID: 16762783
DOI: 10.1016/j.ejim.2005.11.025

Abstract

We describe a patient who presented with loss of vision that turned out to be caused by cobalamin deficiency. Both her vision and her visual field improved upon supplementation of cobalamin. It is, therefore, important to consider cobalamin deficiency as a treatable cause of loss of vision.