Recurrent anaemia due to ischaemic colonic ulceration caused by cholesterol embolism
| Autor: | D. S. A. Sanders, D. J. Grant, M. E. T. Mcmurdo, M. H. Lyall |
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| Rok vydání: | 1993 |
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medicine.medical_specialty Colon Anemia Ischemia Embolism Fat Gastroenterology Colonic Diseases chemistry.chemical_compound Blood loss Recurrence Internal medicine medicine Humans Generalized atherosclerosis Ulcer Aged Aged 80 and over Anemia Hypochromic Cholesterol business.industry General Medicine medicine.disease humanities Surgery Arterioles chemistry Embolism Cholesterol embolism business Right hemicolectomy Research Article |
| Zdroj: | Postgraduate Medical Journal. 69:320-322 |
| ISSN: | 1469-0756 0032-5473 |
| DOI: | 10.1136/pgmj.69.810.320 |
| Popis: | Summary We describe an elderly patient with generalized atherosclerosis who presented with recurrent iron-deficiency anaemia. He underwent right hemicolectomy which revealed ischaemic colonic ulceration caused by cholesterol embolism. Surgery appeared to be curative. Cholesterol embolism should be considered as a possible cause of unexplained gastrointestinal blood loss in the elderly. |
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