title: ["Atypical" anemia in a geriatric patient].
abstract: A gastroenterologic examination was performed on an 83-year-old woman due to unexplained anemia; however, no bleeding site could be identified. Because of the advanced age of the patient, no further diagnostic efforts were made and iron-deficiency anemia was suspected. After 3 weeks, an emergency laparotomy was performed for acute diffuse peritonitis, which was diagnosed as perforation of the jejunum by a wooden foreign body. After extraction of the foreign body and closure of the perforation in the small intestine, healing proceeded without complications.
authors.affiliation: Chirurgische Klinik 1, Viszeral-, Thorax-, Gefäß- und Kinderchirurgie, Klinikum Fürth, Fürth, Deutschland.
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Rupprecht
authors.forename: D
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Ditterich
authors.forename: H J
authors.initials: HJ
authors.lastname: Heppner
mesh_terms: D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D000740:Anemia / Q000209:etiology* / Q000517:prevention & control*; D005260:Female; D005547:Foreign Bodies / Q000150:complications* / Q000601:surgery*; D006801:Humans; D007416:Intestinal Perforation / Q000209:etiology* / Q000601:surgery*; D007583:Jejunum / Q000293:injuries* / Q000601:surgery; D007813:Laparotomy; D016896:Treatment Outcome