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WENDY, Cabrera-Aguilar  y  ANGELA, Mendoza-Sánchez. Megaloblastic anemia. Cuad. - Hosp. Clín. [online]. 2022, vol.63, n.1, pp.44-49. ISSN 1562-6776.

Abstract The WHO reports anemia in 24.8% of the population mainly in developing countries. Megaloblastic anemia is a frequent cause in the elderly population and it is due to an impaired synthesis of deoxyribonucleic acid. A deficiency of vitamin B12 and / or folic acid are the main causes. Wepresent the case ofa woman with characteristic clinical manifestations and laboratory abnormalities. She was treated with cyanocobalamin and folic acid. She improved and her laboratory tests got to normal gradually. Despite the name, megaloblastic anemia usually presents anemia, bicytopenia or pancytopenia and systemic manifestations. It is mandatory to search for the etiologic cause to make a complete treatment

Palabras clave : megaloblastic anemia; elderly; pancytopenia.

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