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Iron-Deficiency Anemia in an Elderly Caucasian Female: An Unusual Colonoscopic Finding

Iron-deficiency anemia (IDA) is common in the elderly population. It is usually the result of chronic gastrointestinal diseases which could lead to iron losses, malabsorption, or both. IDA is most often the result of chronic gastrointestinal blood loss caused by esophagitis, gastritis, ulcer, colon...

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Autores principales: Ngum, Roland, Grigos, Angela, Daoud, Magda
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Cureus 2021
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8670407/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/34917441
http://dx.doi.org/10.7759/cureus.19564
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description Iron-deficiency anemia (IDA) is common in the elderly population. It is usually the result of chronic gastrointestinal diseases which could lead to iron losses, malabsorption, or both. IDA is most often the result of chronic gastrointestinal blood loss caused by esophagitis, gastritis, ulcer, colon cancer, pre-malignant polyps, or angiodysplasia. We are presenting a unique case that describes the unusual finding of intestinal helminthiasis in an elderly patient during endoscopic evaluation for IDA. It also touches on the risk factors, clinical manifestations, diagnosis, and treatment of enterobiasis.
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spelling pubmed-86704072021-12-15 Iron-Deficiency Anemia in an Elderly Caucasian Female: An Unusual Colonoscopic Finding Ngum, Roland Grigos, Angela Daoud, Magda Cureus Internal Medicine Iron-deficiency anemia (IDA) is common in the elderly population. It is usually the result of chronic gastrointestinal diseases which could lead to iron losses, malabsorption, or both. IDA is most often the result of chronic gastrointestinal blood loss caused by esophagitis, gastritis, ulcer, colon cancer, pre-malignant polyps, or angiodysplasia. We are presenting a unique case that describes the unusual finding of intestinal helminthiasis in an elderly patient during endoscopic evaluation for IDA. It also touches on the risk factors, clinical manifestations, diagnosis, and treatment of enterobiasis. Cureus 2021-11-14 /pmc/articles/PMC8670407/ /pubmed/34917441 http://dx.doi.org/10.7759/cureus.19564 Text en Copyright © 2021, Ngum et al. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/This is an open access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author and source are credited.
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Ngum, Roland
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title_fullStr Iron-Deficiency Anemia in an Elderly Caucasian Female: An Unusual Colonoscopic Finding
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title_short Iron-Deficiency Anemia in an Elderly Caucasian Female: An Unusual Colonoscopic Finding
title_sort iron-deficiency anemia in an elderly caucasian female: an unusual colonoscopic finding
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url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8670407/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/34917441
http://dx.doi.org/10.7759/cureus.19564
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