Indian Journal of Mednodent and Allied Sciences
Open Access
  • Year: 2013
  • Volume: 1
  • Issue: 1to3

A Case of Macrocytic Anaemia with Paraplegia due to Tuberculosis

  • Author:
  • Varun Kumar Reddy, G Lokendranath, R Prabhakar Rao
  • Total Page Count: 3
  • Page Number: 79 to 81

Department of Medicine, Santhiram Medical College, Nandyal518501, Andhra Pradesh, India

Corresponding author email id: *drvkr1234@gmail.com

**varunkumarreddy_1983@yahoo.co.in

***sphurthiom@yahoo.com

Online published on 14 November, 2013.

Abstract

A case of macrocytic anaemia with tuberculosis and paraplegia is very rare. This paper discusses the case of a patient who presented with fever and paraplegia, duly diagnosed as spinal tuberculosis, and showed considerable improvement with anti-tubercular regimen and treatment with vitamin B12.

Keywords

Macrocytic anaemia, Tuberculosis, Paraplegia, Anti-tubercular regimen, Vitamin B12