Vitamin B12 deficiency masquerading Addison’s disease: a case report of an adolescent male

Sudhaa Mani M.; Yasmeen Ahamed S.; Nanitha Lakshmi Kavitha Giri; Jesudasan A.

doi:10.18203/2320-6012.ijrms20201955

Authors

Sudhaa Mani M. Department of Oral Medicine and Radiology, Vivekanandha Dental College for Women, Tiruchengode, Tamil Nadu, India
Yasmeen Ahamed S. Department of Oral Medicine and Radiology, Vivekanandha Dental College for Women, Tiruchengode, Tamil Nadu, India
Nanitha Lakshmi Kavitha Giri Department of Oral Medicine and Radiology, Vivekanandha Dental College for Women, Tiruchengode, Tamil Nadu, India
Jesudasan A. Department Pediatric, Vivekanandha Medical Care Hospitals, Tiruchengode, Tamil Nadu, India

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.18203/2320-6012.ijrms20201955

Keywords:

Adolescent, Oral diseases, Oral pigmentation, Treatment of vitamin B-12 deficiency, Vitamin B-12 deficiency

Abstract

Intraoral pigmentations range from innocuous physiologic pigments to life-threatening malignant conditions. It is at the discretion of the observing clinician to identify the abnormal clinical manifestations and provide necessary intervention. There are controversies about delineating the definite etiology of the pigmentation such as race, exposure to ultra-violet radiation, drug-induced pigmentation post-inflammatory pigments of the oral cavity.

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