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ArticleInternal medicine (Tokyo, Japan)2025

Anemia-induced Claudication Mimicking Lumbar Spinal Stenosis.

Chihiro Sekine, Yasuhiro Kano, Kengo Murata

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Article in Internal medicine (Tokyo, Japan), 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Not yet cited in PubMed.

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Chihiro SekineDepartment of Emergency and General Medicine, Tokyo Metropolitan Tama Medical Center, Japan.
Yasuhiro KanoDepartment of Emergency and General Medicine, Tokyo Metropolitan Tama Medical Center, Japan.
Kengo MurataDepartment of Emergency and General Medicine, Tokyo Metropolitan Tama Medical Center, Japan.

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Abstract

Anemia is not known to cause intermittent claudication. We herein present the case of a 74-year-old male patient with intermittent claudication, in whom the primary symptom was severe iron-deficiency anemia. The characteristics of claudication mimicked a neurogenic disorder, but lumbar magnetic resonance imaging ruled out lumbar spinal stenosis, and the symptoms resolved after the anemia improved. This case highlights the need to consider anemia in the differential diagnosis of patients presenting with intermittent neurogenic claudication. A comprehensive evaluation, including tests to rule out anemia, is crucial for making an accurate diagnosis and carrying out the appropriate management of intermittent claudication.

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Anemia, Iron-DeficiencyIntermittent ClaudicationSpinal StenosisAgedDiagnosis, DifferentialHumansLumbar VertebraeMagnetic Resonance ImagingMaleanemiaintermittent claudicationneurogenic claudication

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PMID39924227
PMCPMC12425575

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