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Query: UMLS:C0162316 (
iron deficiency anemia
)
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Two patients with severe
iron deficiency anemia
and gastric antral vascular ectasia (GAVE) are reported. The anemia caused by the chronic blood loss from the abnormally dilated mucosal and submucosal capillary veins in the gastric antrum was unresponsive to oral iron supplementation. However, one of the patients was successfully treated with intramuscular injection of (Asu1,7) eel
calcitonin
. The other one was treated by oral prednisolone with resulting improvement
iron deficiency anemia
. The possible mechanisms of successful
calcitonin
and prednisolone treatments on chronic blood loss from GAVE is discussed.
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PMID:Two cases of gastric antral vascular ectasia--response to medical treatment. 176 49
