Objective
To describe a case of vitamin B12 deficiency with classic and rare clinical features and novel radiographic features.
Design
Case report.
Setting
Johns Hopkins Hospital neurology service.
Patient
Middle-aged man with neuropathy, myelopathy, impaired cognition, and extrapyramidal signs.
Results
The patient had neurologic and hematologic signs of vitamin B12 deficiency, with elevated methylmalonic acid and homocysteine levels. Brain magnetic resonance imaging showed signal abnormality in the globi pallidi, as can be seen in inherited methylmalonic acidemia. The clinical and radiographic findings reversed with vitamin B12 administration.
Conclusion
Vitamin B12 deficiency can present with extrapyramidal symptoms and reversible bilateral globus pallidus abnormalities.