[28-year-old patient with iron deficiency anemia]

Praxis (Bern 1994). 2013 Feb 13;102(4):233-6. doi: 10.1024/1661-8157/a001192.
[Article in German]

Abstract

We report the case of a 28-years-old woman with Turner's syndrome and iron deficiency anaemia. The faecal occult blood test was intermittently positive whereas earlier upper and lower endoscopy revealed no source of bleeding. Capsule endoscopy showed multiple vascular malformations on the jejunum and ileum. Our case report emphasizes the importance of capsule endoscopy in the localising occult bleedings in the small bowel. We discuss the different diagnostic modalities and possible treatments.

Publication types

  • Case Reports
  • English Abstract

MeSH terms

  • Adult
  • Anemia, Iron-Deficiency / diagnosis
  • Anemia, Iron-Deficiency / etiology*
  • Anemia, Iron-Deficiency / genetics
  • Capsule Endoscopy
  • Diagnosis, Differential
  • Dilatation, Pathologic / diagnosis
  • Female
  • Gastrointestinal Hemorrhage / diagnosis*
  • Gastrointestinal Hemorrhage / genetics
  • Hemangioma / diagnosis
  • Humans
  • Ileum / blood supply
  • Jejunum / blood supply
  • Telangiectasis / diagnosis
  • Turner Syndrome / diagnosis*
  • Turner Syndrome / genetics
  • Veins / pathology