TY - JOUR
T1 - Pernicious anemia and adenocarcinoma of the stomach in an adolescent
T2 - Clinical presentation and histopathology
AU - Katz, S.
AU - Berernheim, J.
AU - Kaufman, Z.
AU - Lazar, L.
AU - Erez, I.
AU - Wolach, B.
PY - 1997
Y1 - 1997
N2 - Primary gastric carcinoma accounts for only 0.05% of pediatric gastrointestinal malignancies. Although elderly patients who have pernicious anemia are at greater risk of the development of atrophic gastritis and gastric carcinoma, pernicious anemia caused by vitamin B12 deficiency is extremely rare in otherwise healthy adolescents. The authors present a 14.5- year-old boy who had dimorphic anemia caused by vitamin B12 and iron deficiencies in whom atrophic gastritis and gastric carcinoma developed. To the best of our knowledge, this association has not been previously reported in children or adolescents.
AB - Primary gastric carcinoma accounts for only 0.05% of pediatric gastrointestinal malignancies. Although elderly patients who have pernicious anemia are at greater risk of the development of atrophic gastritis and gastric carcinoma, pernicious anemia caused by vitamin B12 deficiency is extremely rare in otherwise healthy adolescents. The authors present a 14.5- year-old boy who had dimorphic anemia caused by vitamin B12 and iron deficiencies in whom atrophic gastritis and gastric carcinoma developed. To the best of our knowledge, this association has not been previously reported in children or adolescents.
KW - Gastric carcinoma
KW - Pernicious anemia
KW - Vitamin B deficiency
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U2 - 10.1016/S0022-3468(97)90330-4
DO - 10.1016/S0022-3468(97)90330-4
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AN - SCOPUS:0030775606
SN - 0022-3468
VL - 32
SP - 1384
EP - 1385
JO - Journal of Pediatric Surgery
JF - Journal of Pediatric Surgery
IS - 9
ER -
