PT  - JOURNAL ARTICLE
AU  - Anderson, C G
AU  - Walton, K R
AU  - Chanarin, I
TI  - Megaloblastic anaemia after pelvic radiotherapy for carcinoma of the cervix.
AID  - 10.1136/jcp.34.2.151
DP  - 1981 Feb 01
TA  - Journal of Clinical Pathology
PG  - 151--152
VI  - 34
IP  - 2
4099  - http://jcp.bmj.com/content/34/2/151.short
4100  - http://jcp.bmj.com/content/34/2/151.full
SO  - J Clin Pathol1981 Feb 01; 34
AB  - A 71-year-old woman was treated with radiotherapy for carcinoma of the cervix. Nine year later she was found at laparotomy to have a thickened narrow ileum. At the time she had an iron-deficiency anaemia and when this was treated the blood picture changed to that of a severe megaloblastic anaemia. This was due to cobalamin deficiency resulting from malabsorption of cobalamin by the damaged ileum.