Idiopathic hyperzincemia with associated copper deficiency anemia: a diagnostic dilemma.
Prompt serum copper and zinc in addition to vitamin B12 levels should be measured in patients suffering from refractory anemia with neurological symptoms. A timely copper supplementation can help revert the hematological and possibly the neurological manifestations.
Department of Internal Medicine, Brooks Memorial Hospital Dunkirk, New York.
Hussein
H
Merza
Division of Medical Oncology, CCS Oncology Dunkirk, New York.
Neha
N
Sood
Division of Medical Oncology, CCS Oncology Dunkirk, New York.
Raman
R
Sood
Anemia; copper deficiency; myelodysplastic syndrome; neuropathy