Kaolin Clay Anemia

Iron deficiency anemia is a common diagnosis encountered in the nutrition, primary care, and gastroenterology fields. Iron deficiency anemia most often leads to evaluation for various malabsorption disorders and colonoscopy to exclude colon cancer as an etiology. We present a case of iron deficiency...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Autores principales: Attarha, Barrett O, Mikulic, Sebastian, Harris, Ciel, Scolapio, James S
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Cureus 2021
Materias:
Internal Medicine
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8033420/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/33842169
http://dx.doi.org/10.7759/cureus.13796
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Sumario:Iron deficiency anemia is a common diagnosis encountered in the nutrition, primary care, and gastroenterology fields. Iron deficiency anemia most often leads to evaluation for various malabsorption disorders and colonoscopy to exclude colon cancer as an etiology. We present a case of iron deficiency anemia that was caused by geophagia. After the culprit dietary habit was stopped, the patient's iron deficiency anemia subsequently resolved.

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