28-year-old patient with iron deficiency anemia

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 jejun...

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Published in:	Praxis (Bern. 1994) Vol. 102; no. 4; p. 233
Main Authors:	Pavlov, N, Strebel, B M, Brill, A - K, Schmidtko, J, Cottagnoud, P, Stucki, A N
Format:	Journal Article
Language:	German
Published:	Switzerland 13-02-2013
Subjects:	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
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Summary:	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.
ISSN:	1661-8157
DOI:	10.1024/1661-8157/a001192