Depressive disorders co-existing with Addison-Biermer anemia - case report
Mark Jean Just1, Mariusz Kozakiewicz2
1Department of General and Endocronological Surgery, Piekary Medical Centre, Piekary Slaskie, Poland.
Background:
Anemia is a disease that can co-exist with depression, other mental disorders, or somatic diseases. Anemia can imitate symptoms of depression, while depression symptoms can mask concurring symptoms of anemia.
Case Presentation:
I am presenting a case of a 48-year-old woman with Addison-Biermer anemia, with co-existing mood disorders. The clinical analysis of the presented patient's history indicates diagnostic problems and a need for a detailed analysis of drug-related complications that occurred during previous treatment, eg, in the form of neuroleptic malignant syndrome.
Conclusion:
The presented case report contains valuable guidelines that can be of assistance in diagnostics and treatment of patients treated for mental disorders, who are also diagnosed with somatic diseases.
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