Unmasking Vitamin B12 Deficiency Misdiagnosed as Myelodysplastic Syndrome
Conclusion: Our case series highlights the importance of ruling out alternative causes of dysplasia in MDS when solely morphological abnormalities are observed on a bone marrow biopsy. It also underscores the crucial aspect of assessing MMA and homocysteine levels in individuals with normal vitamin...
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| author | Maria Jamil Zeinab Nasser Dawood Jamil Jawad Z. Sheqwara |
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| description | Conclusion: Our case series highlights the importance of ruling out alternative causes of dysplasia in MDS when solely morphological abnormalities are observed on a bone marrow biopsy. It also underscores the crucial aspect of assessing MMA and homocysteine levels in individuals with normal vitamin B12 levels when there is a high clinical suspicion of B12 deficiency. |
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| spelling | doaj-art-61fbd0bb4e234eaea122e5c62b92897b2024-12-10T00:00:01ZengWileyCase Reports in Hematology2090-65792024-01-01202410.1155/2024/3258227Unmasking Vitamin B12 Deficiency Misdiagnosed as Myelodysplastic SyndromeMaria Jamil0Zeinab Nasser1Dawood Jamil2Jawad Z. Sheqwara3Department of Internal MedicineDepartment of Hematology-OncologyDepartment of Internal MedicineDepartment of Hematology-OncologyConclusion: Our case series highlights the importance of ruling out alternative causes of dysplasia in MDS when solely morphological abnormalities are observed on a bone marrow biopsy. It also underscores the crucial aspect of assessing MMA and homocysteine levels in individuals with normal vitamin B12 levels when there is a high clinical suspicion of B12 deficiency.http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2024/3258227 |
| spellingShingle | Maria Jamil Zeinab Nasser Dawood Jamil Jawad Z. Sheqwara Unmasking Vitamin B12 Deficiency Misdiagnosed as Myelodysplastic Syndrome Case Reports in Hematology |
| title | Unmasking Vitamin B12 Deficiency Misdiagnosed as Myelodysplastic Syndrome |
| title_full | Unmasking Vitamin B12 Deficiency Misdiagnosed as Myelodysplastic Syndrome |
| title_fullStr | Unmasking Vitamin B12 Deficiency Misdiagnosed as Myelodysplastic Syndrome |
| title_full_unstemmed | Unmasking Vitamin B12 Deficiency Misdiagnosed as Myelodysplastic Syndrome |
| title_short | Unmasking Vitamin B12 Deficiency Misdiagnosed as Myelodysplastic Syndrome |
| title_sort | unmasking vitamin b12 deficiency misdiagnosed as myelodysplastic syndrome |
| url | http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2024/3258227 |
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