[A woman with ongoing anaemia]

Ned Tijdschr Geneeskd. 2014;158(3):A7107.
[Article in Dutch]

Abstract

In a 65-year-old female with iron deficiency anaemia, video capsule endoscopy showed an ulcerative polyp in the proximal ileum. After histological examination we made the diagnosis 'granuloma pyogenicum', a rare cause of gastrointestinal bleeding. After partial resection of the small intestine, the anaemia was cured.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Aged
  • Anemia, Iron-Deficiency / diagnosis*
  • Anemia, Iron-Deficiency / etiology
  • Capsule Endoscopy
  • Diagnosis, Differential
  • Female
  • Gastrointestinal Hemorrhage / diagnosis
  • Gastrointestinal Hemorrhage / etiology
  • Granuloma, Pyogenic / complications
  • Granuloma, Pyogenic / diagnosis*
  • Granuloma, Pyogenic / surgery
  • Humans
  • Ileum / pathology
  • Intestinal Polyps / complications
  • Intestinal Polyps / diagnosis*
  • Intestinal Polyps / surgery
  • Treatment Outcome