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Case 40. Misdiagnosis of refractory macrocytic anemia.

Kate Stringaris and Barbara Bain

Leuk Lymphoma 49(11):2196-7 (2008) PMID 19021064

A diagnosis of myelodysplastic syndrome, refractory anemia subtype, was made in an elderly Indian woman on the basis of a refractory macrocytic anemia with normal vitamin B(12) and folate assays, normal thyroid function, essentially normal liver function and normal cytogenetic analysis. Disease evolution revealed that the diagnosis was erroneous.

DOI: 10.1080/10428190802419665
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