Imaging Manifestations of Neurologic Complications in Anemia.

Abstract

The hallmark signs and symptoms of anemia are directly related to a decrease in oxygen delivery to vital tissues and organs and include pallor, fatigue, lightheadedness, and shortness of breath. Neurologic complications are often nonspecific and can include poor concentration, irritability, faintness, tinnitus, and headache. If undiagnosed or untreated, anemia can progress to cognitive dysfunction, psychosis, encephalopathy, myelopathy, peripheral neuropathy, and more focal syndromes, such as stroke, seizures, chorea, and transverse myelitis. Imaging can play an important role in the early diagnosis and treatment of these neurologic and systemic complications associated with anemia, and hence, better outcome.

• Authors: Ritesh Patel, Shyam Sabat, Sangam Kanekar
• Journal: Hematology/oncology clinics of North America (Hematol Oncol Clin North Am) Vol. 30 Issue 4 Pg. 733-56 (08 2016) ISSN: 1558-1977 [Electronic] United States
• PMID: 27443995 (Publication Type: Journal Article, Review)
• Copyright: Copyright © 2016 Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.

Topics

• Anemia (blood, complications, diagnostic imaging, therapy)
• Humans
• Nervous System Diseases (blood, diagnostic imaging, etiology, therapy)