Cutaneous Hyperpigmentation in Megaloblastic Anemia: a Five Year Retrospective Review

Cutaneous hyperpigmentation is an often overlooked clinical sign in megaloblastic anemia (MA) which has been sporadically reported in the literature. We describe the bone marrow (BM) changes and clinicolaboratory characteristics of 25 of 198 adult cases (>16 years) with cutaneous hyperpigmentatio...

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Veröffentlicht in:	Mediterranean journal of hematology and infectious diseases 2016, Vol.8 (1), p.e2016021-e2016021
Hauptverfasser:	Padhi, Somanath, Sarangi, RajLaxmi, Ramdas, Anita, Ravichandran, Kandasamy, Varghese, Renu G'Boy, Alexander, Thomas, Kurian, George, Mookkappan, Sudhagar
Format:	Artikel
Sprache:	eng
Schlagworte:	Cutaneous hyperpigmentation, pyrexia, vitamin B12, megaloblastic anemia Original
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Zusammenfassung:	Cutaneous hyperpigmentation is an often overlooked clinical sign in megaloblastic anemia (MA) which has been sporadically reported in the literature. We describe the bone marrow (BM) changes and clinicolaboratory characteristics of 25 of 198 adult cases (>16 years) with cutaneous hyperpigmentation who underwent BM evaluation for cytopenia (s). Twenty-one of 25 cases (84%) had MA, while MA without hyperpigmentation occurred only in 12 of remainder 173 cases (P
ISSN:	2035-3006 2035-3006
DOI:	10.4084/MJHID.2016.021