The potential pitfall of attributing iron deficiency anaemia to ulceration in a Barrett's oesophagus.
We report a 58-year-old man with recurrent ulceration in a Barrett's oesophagus whose iron-deficiency anaemia was in fact due to a caecal carcinoma. Recent reports suggest an association between these two disorders. A Barrett's oesophagus should not be blamed for iron deficiency unless neoplasms of the colon have been excluded.
Allison
M C
MC
Gastroenterology Unit, Royal Infirmary, Glasgow.
Baxter
J N
JN
Russell
R I
RI
D000230:Adenocarcinoma / Q000150:complications / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D000747:Anemia, Hypochromic / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000209:etiology*; D001471:Barrett Esophagus / Q000150:complications* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D002430:Cecal Neoplasms / Q000150:complications / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D004935:Esophageal Diseases / Q000150:complications* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D006452:Hemoglobinometry; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D011859:Radiography; D012008:Recurrence; D014456:Ulcer / Q000150:complications* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging