Dermatologic alterations in nutritional anemias

• Autores: Ruiz, Oscar, Bardales, Luz, Díaz, David, Galarza, Carlos, Delgado, Carlos, Castillo, Oscar, Marangoni, Manuela, Montenegro, Carlos
• Formato: artículo
• Fecha de Publicación: 2006
• Institución: Universidad Nacional Mayor de San Marcos
• Repositorio: Revistas - Universidad Nacional Mayor de San Marcos
• Lenguaje: español
• OAI Identifier: oai:revistasinvestigacion.unmsm.edu.pe:article/1262
• Enlace del recurso: https://revistasinvestigacion.unmsm.edu.pe/index.php/anales/article/view/1262
• Nivel de acceso: acceso abierto
• Materia: Anemias nutricionales; anemia ferropriva; piel; transtornos nutricionales; Nutritional anemias; anemia; iron-deficiency; skin; nutrition disorders

Objectives: To determine the frequency of anemia-related dermatological abnormalities and severity. Materials and Methods: A sample of 100 subjects older than 18 years with a diagnosis of nutritional anemia who were admitted at 2 de Mayo Hospital between January and November, 2004 was studied. In each subject we measured total CBC and serum iron, ferritin, folate, and cobalamin levels. Results: The type of anemia was iron deficiency in 45%, mixed anemia (iron deficiency and megaloblastic anemia) in 35%, and megaloblastic anemia in 20%. Dermatological abnormalities were pallor (100%), atrophic glossitis (81%), angular cheilitis (60%), koilonychia (33%), tinyblue sclera (30%), thinning hair (29%), thinning nails (29%); 75% of the cases were determined as having severe anemia. Conclusions: The nutritional anemia most frequently found was iron deficiency (45%). About 80% of subjects showed more than four dematological abnormalities: pallor, atrophic glossitis, angular cheilitis, koilonychia and tiny-blue sclera.