title: Sodium chloride pica secondary to iron-deficiency anemia.
abstract: A young woman was referred for nephrologic evaluation of hypertension and a curious desire for table salt. Suspicion of iron-deficiency anemia arose only after it was determined that sodium balance was achievable during supervised sodium restriction. This salt craving abated within 2 weeks of initiation of iron replacement therapy. Although pica is a common manifestation of iron deficiency, this appears to be the first reported case of salt pica secondary to iron deficiency.
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000747:Anemia, Hypochromic / Q000150:complications*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D006955:Hypernatremia / Q000209:etiology; D010842:Pica / Q000209:etiology*; D012965:Sodium Chloride
chemical_list: D012965:Sodium Chloride