Author/Authors :
Keskin, Ebru Yılmaz Samsun Education and Research Hospital - Pediatric Hematology and Oncology, Turkey , Kabasakal, Hilal Samsun Education and Research Hospital - Pediatrics, Turkey , İnce, Hülya Samsun Maternity and Child Health Hospital - Pediatric Neurology, Turkey , Keskin, Mahmut Samsun Education and Research Hospital - Pediatric Cardiology, Turkey , İğde, Mahir Samsun Education and Research Hospital - Pediatrics, Turkey , Öksüz, Banu Gülcan Samsun Education and Research Hospital - Pediatrics, Turkey
Abstract :
Megaloblastic anemia due to vitamin B12 deficiency is rare in infancy. It usually occurs in exclusively breast-fed infants born to vitamin B12-deficient mothers. We report a one-year-old female infant with initial diagnosis of leukemia who was found severely vitamin B12-deficient secondary to maternal deficiency. She had marked neurodevelopmental retardation, and presented with life-threatening anemia, findings of hemolysis, thrombocytopenia and cerebral atrophy on magnetic resonance imaging.
NaturalLanguageKeyword :
Vitamin B12 deficiency hemolysis , thrombocytopenia , growth failure , neuromotor retardation
