The Infant with B12 deficiency

Abstract

A 2-month-old male infant was admitted to the emergency clinic with complaints of loss of consciousness. The conscious and hypotonic baby had no good eye contact. In the laboratory tests of the infants who had no symptoms other than hypotonia on physical examination, WBC: 7130/mm 3 , RBC: 3.17 10e6/µL, hgb: 10.6 g/dL, hct: 29.9, MCV: 94.3, MCH: 33.4, PLT: 480.103/ml, blood sugar: 108 mg/dl, Ca: 10,2 mg/dl, Mg: 2,1 mg/dl Na: 136 mEq/l, K: 3,7 mEq/l, AST: 28 IU, ALT: 32 IU, ammonia: 55.8 PFO saptanırken, holter EKG özellik saptanmadı. B12 düzeyi 219.9 pg/dl, Anemi, B12 vitamini, konvülziyon Çocuk Dergisi 2017; 17(3):136-138