Pernicious anemia with spuriously normal vitamin B12 level might be misdiagnosed as myelodysplastic syndrome

Clin Lymphoma Myeloma Leuk. 2014 Aug;14(4):e141-3. doi: 10.1016/j.clml.2014.02.002. Epub 2014 Feb 16.

Authors

Dhaval R Shah¹, Naval Daver², Gautam Borthakur², Cheryl Hirsch-Ginsberg², Thein H Oo³

Affiliations

¹ Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, TX.
² The University of Texas M.D. Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, TX.
³ The University of Texas M.D. Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, TX. Electronic address: thoo@mdanderson.org.

PMID: 24630920
DOI: 10.1016/j.clml.2014.02.002

No abstract available

Keywords: Anti-intrinsic factor antibodies; Homocystinemia; Myelodysplastic syndrome; Pernicious anemia; Vitamin B12 deficiency.

Publication types

Case Reports

MeSH terms

Anemia, Pernicious / blood*
Anemia, Pernicious / diagnosis*
Anemia, Pernicious / drug therapy
Anemia, Pernicious / etiology
Diagnosis, Differential
Humans
Male
Middle Aged
Myelodysplastic Syndromes / diagnosis*
Treatment Outcome
Vitamin B 12 / blood*
Vitamin B 12 / therapeutic use
Vitamin B 12 Deficiency / complications
Vitamin B 12 Deficiency / diagnosis

Substances

Vitamin B 12