[Pernicious anemia: a teenager with an unusual cause of iron-deficiency anemia].
A teenager was admitted with an iron-deficiency anemia. The gastroscopy found an atrophic body gastritis, which revealed a pernicious anemia. This diagnosis is rare in paediatric patients, the frequency of pernicious anemia increasing with age. Iron-deficiency anemia is mainly described in young people.
Guilloteau
Marie
M
Service d'hématologie pédiatrique, Hôpital Debrousse, Lyon. marieguilloteau@hotmail.com
Bertrand
Yves
Y
Lachaux
Alain
A
Mialou
Valérie
V
Le Gall
Catherine
C
Girard
Sandrine
S
D000293:Adolescent; D018798:Anemia, Iron-Deficiency / Q000209:etiology*; D000752:Anemia, Pernicious / Q000150:complications*; D005748:Gastric Fundus / Q000473:pathology; D005757:Gastritis, Atrophic / Q000150:complications*; D006801:Humans; D007437:Intrinsic Factor / Q000032:analysis; D008297:Male; D010295:Parietal Cells, Gastric / Q000473:pathology; D014805:Vitamin B 12 / Q000032:analysis; D014803:Vitamin B Complex / Q000032:analysis
D014803:Vitamin B Complex; D007437:Intrinsic Factor; D014805:Vitamin B 12