Two Cases of Vitamin $B_{12}$ Deficiency Anemia Combined with Iron Deficiency Anemia

철결핍성 빈혈과 동반된 비타민 $B_{12}$ 결핍성 빈혈 2 예

  • Kim, Eun-Hae (Department of Laboratory Medicine, College of Medicine, Yeungnam University) ;
  • Cho, Hee-Soon (Department of Laboratory Medicine, College of Medicine, Yeungnam University) ;
  • Lee, Chae-Hoon (Department of Laboratory Medicine, College of Medicine, Yeungnam University) ;
  • Kim, Kyung-Dong (Department of Laboratory Medicine, College of Medicine, Yeungnam University) ;
  • Hyun, Myung-Soo (Department of Internal Medicine, College of Medicine, Yeungnam University)
  • 김은혜 (영남대학교 의과대학 진단검사의학교실) ;
  • 조희순 (영남대학교 의과대학 진단검사의학교실) ;
  • 이채훈 (영남대학교 의과대학 진단검사의학교실) ;
  • 김경동 (영남대학교 의과대학 진단검사의학교실) ;
  • 현명수 (영남대학교 의과대학 내과학교실)
  • Published : 2003.12.30

Abstract

Simultaneous deficiency of Vitamin $B_{12}$ and iron induces that the bone marrow erythroid megaloblastosis and peripheral blood macroovalocytosis are masked because of countervailing the tendency of iron deficiency to produce hypochromic microcytic erythrocytes. We report two cases of Vitamin $B_{12}$ deficiency anemia with low mean corpuscular volume (MCV) due to combined iron deficiency anemia with review of literature.

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