An Exceedingly Rare Presentation of Severe Folate Deficiency-Induced Non-Immune Hemolytic Anemia
Open Access
- 11 June 2020
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Springer Science and Business Media LLC in Cureus
- Vol. 12 (6), e8570
- https://doi.org/10.7759/cureus.8570
Abstract
Macrocytic anemia is usually associated with vitamin B12 or folate deficiency. However, folate deficiency was rarely reported as a cause of hemolytic anemia. We present a case of a young man with a history of alcohol abuse who initially presented with an acute on chronic abdominal pain and was found to have jaundice and scleral icterus. His liver enzymes were unremarkable, and his abdominal imaging did not reveal any acute pathology. However, he was found to have a severe non-immune hemolytic anemia secondary to folate deficiency.This publication has 8 references indexed in Scilit:
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