Pancytopenia in a patient with grave's disease

Pancytopenia can rarely complicate Grave's disease. It can be due to uncontrolled thyrotoxicosis or as a result of rare side effect of antithyroid medication. Pernicious anemia leading to Vitamin B12 deficiency is another rare associated cause. We report a case of a patient with Grave's di...

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Main Authors: Loh, Huai Heng, Florence, Tan
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Language:English
Published: Malaysian Medical Association 2013
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description Pancytopenia can rarely complicate Grave's disease. It can be due to uncontrolled thyrotoxicosis or as a result of rare side effect of antithyroid medication. Pernicious anemia leading to Vitamin B12 deficiency is another rare associated cause. We report a case of a patient with Grave's disease and undiagnosed pernicious anemia whom was assumed to have antithyroid drug induced pancytopenia. Failure to recognize this rare association of pernicious anemia as a cause of pancytopenia had resulted in delay in treatment and neurological complication in our patient.
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spelling unimas-159552017-05-22T03:49:53Z http://ir.unimas.my/id/eprint/15955/ Pancytopenia in a patient with grave's disease Loh, Huai Heng Florence, Tan RS Pharmacy and materia medica Pancytopenia can rarely complicate Grave's disease. It can be due to uncontrolled thyrotoxicosis or as a result of rare side effect of antithyroid medication. Pernicious anemia leading to Vitamin B12 deficiency is another rare associated cause. We report a case of a patient with Grave's disease and undiagnosed pernicious anemia whom was assumed to have antithyroid drug induced pancytopenia. Failure to recognize this rare association of pernicious anemia as a cause of pancytopenia had resulted in delay in treatment and neurological complication in our patient. Malaysian Medical Association 2013 Article PeerReviewed text en http://ir.unimas.my/id/eprint/15955/1/Pancytopenia%20in%20a%20patient%20with%20grave%27s%20disease%20%28abstrak%29.pdf Loh, Huai Heng and Florence, Tan (2013) Pancytopenia in a patient with grave's disease. Medical Journal of Malaysia, 68 (4). pp. 372-373. ISSN 0300-5283 http://www.e-mjm.org/
spellingShingle RS Pharmacy and materia medica
Loh, Huai Heng
Florence, Tan
Pancytopenia in a patient with grave's disease
title Pancytopenia in a patient with grave's disease
title_full Pancytopenia in a patient with grave's disease
title_fullStr Pancytopenia in a patient with grave's disease
title_full_unstemmed Pancytopenia in a patient with grave's disease
title_short Pancytopenia in a patient with grave's disease
title_sort pancytopenia in a patient with grave's disease
topic RS Pharmacy and materia medica
url http://ir.unimas.my/id/eprint/15955/
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http://ir.unimas.my/id/eprint/15955/1/Pancytopenia%20in%20a%20patient%20with%20grave%27s%20disease%20%28abstrak%29.pdf