Do patients with iron deficiency without anemia benefit from an endoscopic examination?
Ana García García de ParedesCarlos Teruel Sánchez-VegazoNerea Hernanz RuizCarlos Ferre AracilEnrique Rodriguez de SantiagoLara Aguilera CastroMaría Sierra MoralesAgustín AlbillosPublished in: Journal of digestive diseases (2018)
The prevalence of gastrointestinal lesions in patients with and without anemia was similar but malignancy was eight times less frequent in the ID group. Systematic endoscopic evaluation in patients with ID is therefore questionable.