Small Bowel Pseudomelanosis Associated with Oral Iron Therapy

An accumulation of pigment deposits on mucosa, called melanosis or pseudomelanosis, of the small bowel is observed infrequently during endoscopic examination. We describe 6 cases of small bowel pseudomelanosis; the possible etiology of which was chronic iron intake. We observed numerous brown spots...

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Main Authors: Kim, Seung Young, Choung, Rok Seon, Kwon, Bo Sung, Hyun, Jong Jin, Jung, Sung Woo, Koo, Ja Seol, Yim, Hyung Joon, Lee, Sang Woo, Choi, Jai Hyun
Format: Artigo
Language:Inglês
Published: The Korean Academy of Medical Sciences 2013
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Case Report
Online Access:https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3708086/
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/23853498
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.govhttp://dx.doi.org/10.3346/jkms.2013.28.7.1103
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