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JOURNAL OF THE NEUROLOGICAL SCIENCES
Volume 287, Issue 1-2, Pages 285-287Publisher
ELSEVIER SCIENCE BV
DOI: 10.1016/j.jns.2009.07.030
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B12 deficiency; Bronchospasm; Autonomic dysfunction; Sensory level; Bladder dysfunction; MRI; Sub-acute combined degeneration
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Vitamin B12 deficiency is an important nutritional disorder causing neurological manifestations of myelopathy, neuropathy and dementia. Sub-acute combined degeneration (SCD) with involvement of the posterior columns in the cervical and thoracic cord is a common presentation of this disorder. In this case report we describe a 43 year old woman with pernicious anemia and myelopathy with atypical clinical features. The patient presented with motor symptoms, a sensory level and bladder dysfunction. She had severe autonomic disturbances including an episode of unexplained bronchospasm, which has not been previously reported as a manifestation of vitamin B12 deficiency. We review the literature regarding these rarely reported features of vitamin B12 deficiency, and discuss aspects of management of this reversible condition. We emphasize the importance of awareness of autonomic disturbances in B12 deficient individuals. (C) 2009 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.
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