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Rural health challenges in Western Uganda: pernicious anemia masquerading as recurrent lower limb weakness—a case report [PDF]

Journal of Medical Case Reports
Background Pernicious anemia, also called Biemer’s disease, is an autoimmune disease and the most common cause of cobalamin deficiency globally. Various genetic, environmental, and immunological factors interplay to lead to its presentation.
Venance Emmanuel Mswelo, Mumbere Mayani David, Amon Banturaki, Dalton Kambale Munyambalu, Hanan Asad Hassan, Elias Joseph Xwatsal, Abukar Ali Ahmed, Yasa Abdullahi Mohamed, Kayiira Mubaraka   +8 more
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A case of asymptomatic pancytopenia with clinical features of hemolysis as a presentation of pernicious anemia [PDF]

Journal of Community Hospital Internal Medicine Perspectives, 2016
Pernicious anemia is an autoimmune disease with a variety of clinical presentations. We describe a case of pernicious anemia presenting with pancytopenia with hemolytic features.
Venkateswara K. Kollipara, Patrick L. Brine, David Gemmel, Sisham Ingnam   +3 more
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ISPAD, bridging clinical expertise and AI for autoimmune-related pernicious anemia diagnosis [PDF]

Frontiers in Immunology
BackgroundPernicious anemia (PA) is a severe clinical consequence of autoimmune gastritis. It results from immune-mediated damage to gastric parietal cells in the oxyntic mucosa.
Nora Boumela, Nora Boumela, Guillaume Cadiot, Farid Chaoui   +3 more
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Coexistence of Pernicious Anemia and Myasthenia Gravis—A Rare Combination of Autoimmune Diseases in Taiwan

Journal of the Formosan Medical Association, 2006
About 5-10% of patients with myasthenia gravis concomitantly have other autoimmune diseases. However, the coexistence of myasthenia gravis and pernicious anemia is rare.
Kuo-Hsuan Chang, Rong-Kuo Lyu, Long-Sun Ro, Yih-Ru Wu, Chiung-Mei Chen   +4 more
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Pernicious Anemia with Autoimmune Hemolytic Anemia: A Case Report and Literature Review [PDF]

Case Reports in Hematology, 2016
Pernicious anemia is a common cause of vitamin B12 deficiency. Here, we discuss a case of a young woman who presented with severe anemia along with a history of iron deficiency anemia.
Sri Lakshmi Hyndavi Yeruva, Raj Pal Manchandani, Patricia Oneal   +2 more
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Not All Hemolysis Is Hemolytic: A Case of Pernicious Anemia [PDF]

Journal of Investigative Medicine High Impact Case Reports
Vitamin B12 deficiency is classically associated with megaloblastic anemia and neurologic or neuropsychiatric manifestations; however, in rare cases, it may present with pancytopenia and laboratory features that mimic hemolytic anemia.
Srijani Thannir MD, Jonathan Kutcher MD, Jayalekshmi Jayakumar MD, Asmat Ullah MD   +3 more
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Gastric Carcinoid Tumours and Pernicious Anemia: Case Report and Review of the Literature [PDF]

Canadian Journal of Gastroenterology, 2000
Patients with pernicious anemia are at risk of developing carcinoid tumours of the stomach. A patient with pernicious anemia and multifocal carcinoid tumours of the gastric fundus that regressed after antrectomy is presented.
Sarah Hagarty, Istvan Hüttner, Henry Shibata, Saul Katz   +3 more
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Case Report: Simultaneously diagnosed gastric adenocarcinoma and pernicious anemia – a classic association [version 2; peer review: 2 approved, 1 approved with reservations]

F1000Research, 2020
Primary gastric cancer remains one of the most prevalent malignancies worldwide. Often patients remain asymptomatic until it is detected at an advanced stage with a poor prognosis.
Syed Kamran, Mattias K. Dilling, Nathaniel A. Parker, Joel Alderson, Nathan D. Tofteland, Quoc V. Truong   +5 more
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Carcinoïd tumor revealing pernicious anemia

The Pan African Medical Journal, 2014
Endocrine tumors (ET) of the digestive tract are rare. Gastric carcinoid was the most common form of gastrointestinal ET's. It is a rare complication of pernicious anemia but may reveal the disease.
Neirouz Ghannouchi Jaafoura, Ahlem Braham Krifa   +1 more
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Acquired Thrombotic Thrombocytopenic Purpura in a Patient with Pernicious Anemia [PDF]

Case Reports in Hematology, 2017
Introduction. Acquired thrombotic thrombocytopenic purpura (TTP) has been associated with different autoimmune disorders. However, its association with pernicious anemia is rarely reported. Case Report.
Ramesh Kumar Pandey, Sumit Dahal, Kamal Fadlalla El Jack Fadlalla, Shambhu Bhagat, Bikash Bhattarai   +4 more
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