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The Old Endoscopy Quiz (and Answer) of the Month
June 2006

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Question:

This quite old lady had suffered from a slight iron deficiency anaemia for about five years. An upper endoscopy did not provide any explanation. A colonoscopy showed some diverticulas in her sigmoid colon. This is the finding an her caecum. What is this finding?

Answer:

    Caecal angiodysplasia.

    Caecal angiodysplasias vary in size and appearances. About one third of all angiodysplasias in the colon are seen in the caecum. Here are some other examples of caecal angiodysplasias:

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    The summer is here - at least on our part of the globe. Hopefully You everyone have a lot of spare time. If You have too much time, why not try to solve this problem. Add two numbers between 0 and 9 to the figure above, so that the result is below 40. No plus or minus or other symbols, just two numbers between 0 and 9. It is exceptionally easy when You know the answer! So, how many of You can find the solution?

    And here the answer:

    It is so easy when You know it. Of course there are a lot of other correct answers, 39 8/9, 39 0/7 and so on.

    Congratulations to the two of Yoy who submitted the correct answer!

Correct answers and comments were emailed by

    Radu Ionescu, Bucharest, Romania
    Keng-Yu Chuang, Philadelphia, PA, USA
    U. Cuartas, Augusta, GA, USA
    gamaltohamy, Jubail, Saudiarabia
    fahri akyüz, Izmit, turkey
    Salvatore Della Ducata, Gallipoli, Italy
    Amrani Khalil, Constantine, Algeria
    stefania, Brasilia, Brasil
    sanjeev tummala, Boston, MA- USA
    Jarek Basaj, Warszawa, Poland
    Björn Lindkvist, Gothenburg, Sweden
    PARABOLI SILVA, Marcio Luiz, SAO JOSE DO RIO PRETO-SP- BRAZIL
    Dr Ram Prakash Galwa, Chandigarh, India
    kelly whitley, rapid city, sd
    Dr.ARBER VELIU, Prishtina, KOSOVO
    Klaudia Niepsuj, gliwice, Poland
    Anastasios Koulaouzidis, Liverpool, UK
    Lavrentios Papalavrentios, Thessaloniki, Greece
    ergün yıldız, Sakarya, Turkey
    teoman parmaksızoğlu, Kocaeli, Turkey
    Andrew, Perth, Australia
    LCM, China
    TAHI RIAD, ALGIERS, ALGERIA
    Md.Ibrarullah, Bhubaneswar, India/Orissa
    mehmet, Ankara, Türkiye
    Christa, Albany, NY, USA
    Abdon Guerra, San Antonio, 5 region
    Dr.Irina Ivanova, Varna, Bulgaria
    SHARAF KARIM, NAESTVED, DENMARK
    Tomislav Brkic, MD, Zagreb, Croatia
    Anna Zapp, Anna Maria Island, Florida, USA
    gamaltohamy, Jubail, Saudiarabia
    Juris Pokrotnieks, Riga, Latvia
    Claudia Iacobescu, Bucharest, Romania
    wanda, Atlanta, USA/ Ga
    Esta Skinn, Houston, Texas, USA
    Virendra Parikh,MD, Fort Wayne, USA Indiana
    Radu Ionescu, Bucharest, Romania

Comments:

    Angiodysplasia of cecum.may produce chronic anemia and iron deficiency due to low grade blood loss.

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