TY - JOUR T1 - Endoscopic findings in the older patients with iron-deficiency anemia AU - Çelik, Ferit AU - Şenkaya, Ali AU - Özütemiz, Ömer PY - 2021 DA - April DO - 10.19161/etd.915674 JF - Ege Tıp Dergisi JO - EJM PB - Ege Üniversitesi WT - DergiPark SN - 1016-9113 SP - 23 EP - 29 LA - en AB - Aim: The presence of iron-deficiency anemia, which is an important indication for endoscopicprocedures, in the geriatric population necessitates the exclusion of a possible malignancy in thegastrointestinal system. This study aims to examine endoscopic findings in geriatric patients thatunderwent esophagogastroduodenoscopy and colonoscopy because of iron-deficiency anemia.Materials and Methods: Sixty patients aged 65 and over who underwentesophagogastroduodenoscopy and colonoscopy because of iron-deficiency anemia between August2019 and August 2020 were retrospectively evaluated. Age, sex, geriatric age groups of patients,presence of Helicobacter pylori in gastric biopsy, esophagogastroduodenoscopy findings, colonoscopyfindings, presence of internal and / or external hemorrhoids, and duodenal biopsy results wereexamined.Results: Thirty (50%) of 60 patients included in the study were male and the mean age was 72.47 ±6.07 years. Of these patients, 41 (68.4%) were young-old, 17 (28.3%) were middle-old and 2 (3.3%)were old-old. The most common causes that might explain iron-deficiency anemia inesophagogastroduodenoscopy were atrophic gastritis (21.2%), Helicobacter pylori-positive gastritis(20%), gastric polyp (11.7%), and gastric cancer (3.3%), whereas colonoscopy results were foundcolon polyps in 23.3% of patients, diverticulum in 15% and angiodysplasia in 15%, and colon cancer in8.3%. 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