the Gastrolab Endoscopy Quiz of the Month - Old Quizes and Answers: November 2001

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November 2001

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Question:


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This man in his eighties had suffered from iron deficiency anaemia for years, and now he was in the need for blood transfusions now and then. This is the finding in an upper endoscopy, the images shows the gastric body. What is the cause of his anaemia?

Answer

Gastric angiodysplasias

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    Steve Carreon, Orange, USA, CA
    German Lloret Salom, Alzira, Spain
    Wissam Chalhoub, Beyrouth, Lebanon
    Jan Rovnak, Sobrance, Slovakia
    elie choueiry, Beirut, Lebanon
    PARABOLI SILVA, Marcio Luiz, CAMPO MOURAO-PARANA, BRAZIL
    Benito Velayos, Avila, Spain
    RODRIGO RODRIGUEZ agelvis, MEDELLÍN, COLOMBIA
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    Fahri Akyüz, Turkey
    Carlos Arocena, Madrid, Spain

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