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The Association Between Pica and Iron-Deficiency Anemia: A Scoping Review.
Cureus
April 2023
Department of Research, Alabama College of Osteopathic Medicine, Dothan, USA.
There are many presentations of iron-deficiency anemia associated with pica in adults, but there is a lack of literature summarizing its different presentations. In this scoping review, we sought to identify the various presentations and if treatment of iron-deficiency anemia resolved the presenting symptoms of pica. This review was conducted by completing the Preferred Reporting Items for Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis extension for Scoping Reviews (PRISMA-Scr) checklist.
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Gastroenterol Hepatol Bed Bench
January 2017
Gastroenterohepatology Research Center, Shiraz University of Medical Sciences, Shiraz, Iran.
Lithophagia is a type of pica that might be resulted from Iron Deficiency Anemia (IDA) which is the frequent presenting signs of Celiac Disease (CD). A 5-year-old child with a two year history of the lithophagia with a, refractory IDA, abdominal distention and constipation. The child did not grow well and had failure to thrive.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFA Rare Case of Ileocolic Obstruction Due to Lithophagia Associated with Cervical Oesophageal Perforation.
Acta Chir Belg
December 2015
Department of Digestive Surgery, Charleroi University Hospital, Charleroi, Belgium.
Lithophagia is a rare syndrome characterized by a repetitive ingestion of stones and pebbles. We herein report a case of a 61-year old mentally retarded man, with a past surgical history of multiple laparotomies for stone ingestion, presenting with cervical oesophagus perforation due to a large butterfly screw and massive impaction of 89 stones and other foreign bodies in the caecum, with consequent mechanical bowel obstruction.
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J Pediatr Gastroenterol Nutr
December 2014
Faculty of Medicine, Mu'tah University, Alkarak, Jordan.
Lithophagia: pebbles in and pebbles out.
J Assoc Physicians India
March 2011
Department of Medicine, Government Medical College, Nagpur.
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