Recurrent anaemia due to ischaemic colonic ulceration caused by cholesterol embolism.
case_report · Level V
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Abstract
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.
Medical subject headings
- Anemia, Hypochromic
- Cholesterol
- Colonic Diseases
- Embolism, Fat