Open AccessA Case of Pernicious Anaemia with Psoriasis
Author(s) -
Anisur Rahman,
Most Umme Habiba Begum,
Abdur Razzak,
Jesmin Khandker
Publication year - 2020
Publication title -
journal of armed forces medical college
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2224-7327
pISSN - 1992-5743
DOI - 10.3329/jafmc.v15i2.50850
Subject(s) - pernicious anaemia , intrinsic factor , atrophic gastritis , medicine , psoriasis , pernicious anemia , vitamin b12 , dermatology , autoimmune gastritis , peripheral neuropathy , gastroenterology , immunology , gastritis , stomach , anemia , endocrinology , diabetes mellitus
Pernicious anaemia often poses diagnostic and therapeutic challenges to the clinician. Herein, we representing a 55 years old lady who presented with anaemia along with its classical symptoms and features of peripheral neuropathy due to Pernicious anaemia associated with Psoriasis and Arthropathy without any association of other autoimmune disorder. She had all objective evidences of autoimmune atrophic gastritis in gastric fundic biopsy and positive anti-intrinsic factor antibody. Treatment with injection vitamin B12 improved the condition rapidly.
JAFMC Bangladesh. Vol 15, No 2 (December) 2019: 243-245