RT Journal Article
SR Electronic
T1 Megaloblastic anaemia after pelvic radiotherapy for carcinoma of the cervix.
JF Journal of Clinical Pathology
JO J Clin Pathol
FD BMJ Publishing Group Ltd and Association of Clinical Pathologists
SP 151
OP 152
DO 10.1136/jcp.34.2.151
VO 34
IS 2
A1 Anderson, C G
A1 Walton, K R
A1 Chanarin, I
YR 1981
UL http://jcp.bmj.com/content/34/2/151.abstract
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.