Hiatal Hernia Presenting With Severe Iron Deficiency Anemia: A Case Report

Year 2018, Volume: 7 Issue: 3, 94 - 96, 01.09.2018

Neslihan Karakurt Ali Fettah İbrahim Karaman

https://doi.org/10.5505/abantmedj.2018.82612

Abstract

Iron deficiency anemia IDA is common in pediatric population. Nutritional anemia resulting from insufficient iron intake is the most common etiology. However, underlying reason leading to life threatening IDA is to be examined in details. A nine month old girl with a complaint of fatigue had a hemoglobin level was 3.5 g/dl and laboratory findings were compatible with iron deficiency anemia IDA . She was evaluated for the etiology of IDA and she was diagnosed hiatal hernia HH . Pediatricians should be aware of severe or medically refractory IDA, which may be related to HH.

Keywords

Iron Deficiency Anemia, Hiatal Hernia, Pediatrics

Ağır Demir Eksikliği Anemisi ile Prezente Olan Hiatal Herni: Olgu Sunumu

Abstract

Demir eksikliği anemisi DEA pediatrik popülasyonda sık görülür. Yetersiz demir alımına bağlı nütrisyonel anemi en sık sebebidir. Ancak hayati tehdit eden ağır DEA ile başvuran hastalarda altta yatan sebep detaylı araştırılmalıdır. Dokuz aylık kız hasta halsizlik nedeniyle başvurduğunda hemoglobin 3,5 g/dl saptandı ve laboratuar bulguları DEA ile uyumluydu. Hastada DEA etyolojisi araştırıldığında hiatal herni saptandı. Pediatristlerin ciddi veya medikal tedaviye dirençli DEA’nin hiatal herni ile ilişkili olabileceğinin farkında olması gerekir.

Keywords

Demir Eksikliği Anemisi, Hiatal Herni, Pediatrik

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