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Warm-up

·         What is a medical case report?

·         What parts does it include?

·         What is an abstract?

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Vitamin B₁₂ deficiency with combined hematological and neuropsychiatric derangements: a case report

Abstract

Introduction

Although vitamin B₁₂ deficiency is a well-known cause of hematological and neuropsychiatric illness, the presentation of combined severe pancytopenia, demyelination and prominent psychiatric impairment is rare.

Case presentation

We present a case of a previously healthy 55-year-old East African man with severe vitamin B₁₂ deficiency (serum vitamin B₁₂ 22pmol/L) secondary to pernicious anemia. He had a severe hypoproliferative megaloblastic anemia with hemolysis (hemoglobin 61g/L, mean corpuscular volume 99fL, reticulocytes 0.8%, haptoglobin undetectable), leukopenia (2.7×10⁹/L), thrombocytopenia (96×10⁹/L), ataxia with central demyelination, and megaloblastic madness. The patient’s anemia, myelopathy and psychiatric condition responded well to parenteral vitamin B₁₂ replacement therapy, with significant improvement seen within weeks.

Conclusion

Hematological manifestations of vitamin B₁₂ deficiency are typically inversely correlated with the presence and severity of neuropsychiatric impairment. Although uncommon, a presentation with severe hematological and neuropsychiatric disease can occur, as illustrated by this case. Its presence may help guide diagnosis as well as provide clinically important prognostic information.

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·         Background

·         Why is it important

·         Needs to be reported

Answer the questions:

1.       Is this the first report of this kind in the literature?

2.       What are brief details of what the patient(s) presented with?

3.       What the reader should learn from the case report?

4.       What the clinical impact will be?

5.       Is it an original case report of interest to a particular clinical specialty of medicine?

6.       Will it have a broader clinical impact across medicine?

7.       Are any teaching points identified?

Follow-up

·         Why abstract is the most important part for case published in electronic databases?

·         What are basics of abstract writing?