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Iron Deficiency Should Trigger Endoscopy, Colonoscopy.
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Internal Medicine News
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August 1, 2001
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ATLANTA -- Men and postmenopausal women with iron deficiency are prime candidates for screening endoscopy and colonoscopy.
In a consecutive series of 66 patients with iron deficiency but no anemia, 53% had a clinically important lesion picked up by endoscopy and colonoscopy, Dr. Elizabeth H. Weinshel said in a poster presentation at the annual Digestive Disease Week.
A gastrointestinal examination is commonplace for adults with anemia of unknown cause, but waiting until iron deficiency progresses to outright anemia risks allowing a lesion to progress and worsen.
For example, in the series of 66 patients reported by Dr. Weinshel, 5 patients were found to have a ...
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