MACROCYTIC ANEMIA ASSOCIATED WITH INTESTINAL STRICTURES AND ANASTOMOSES: REPORT OF TWO CASES
Authors: R D PEARSON
Journal: Annals of Internal Medicine (1954)

Case Reports1 March 1954MACROCYTIC ANEMIA ASSOCIATED WITH INTESTINAL STRICTURES AND ANASTOMOSES: REPORT OF TWO CASESROBERT D. PEARSON, M.D.ROBERT D. PEARSON, M.D.Author, Article, and Disclosure Informationhttps://doi.org/10.7326/0003-4819-40-3-600 SectionsAboutPDF ToolsAdd to favoritesDownload CitationsTrack CitationsPermissions ShareFacebookTwitterLinkedInRedditEmail ExcerptEvidence has accumulated that macrocytic anemia may be associated with intestinal strictures and anastomoses. That this condition is not widely known or recognized is demonstrated by the fact that only 61 cases have been reported thus far. Faber1in 1897 first reported a clinical picture of pernicious anemia associated with intestinal stricture. Other reports followed, and Little, Zerfas and Trusler2in 1929 reported the first case of macrocytic anemia associated with a short-circuiting intestinal anastomosis as distinct from stricture. Reviews of the subject by Meulengracht,3Barker and Hummel4and Cameron et al.5brought the total number of reported cases to...Bibliography1. Faber K: Perniciöse Anämie bei Dünndarmstricturem, Berl. klin. Wchnschr. 34: 643, 1897. Google Scholar2. LittleZerfasTrusler WDLGHM: Chronic obstruction of the small bowel, J. A. M. A. 93: 1290, 1929. CrossrefGoogle Scholar3. Meulengracht E: Pernicious anemia in intestinal stricture, Acta med. Scandinav. 72: 231, 1929. CrossrefGoogle Scholar4. BarkerHummel WHLE: Macrocytic anemia in association with intestinal strictures and anastomoses, Bull. Johns Hopkins Hosp. 64: 215, 1939. Google Scholar5. CameronWatsonWitts DGGMLJ: The clinical association of macrocytic anemia with intestinal stricture and anastomosis, Blood 4: 793, 1949. CrossrefMedlineGoogle Scholar6. SeyderhelmLehmannWichels RWP: Experimentelle intestinale perniziöse Anämie beim Hund, Klin. Wchnschr. 2: 1439, 1924. CrossrefGoogle Scholar7. Jensenius H: Results of experimental resections of the small intestine of dogs, 1945, H. K. Lewis, London. Google Scholar8. WatsonCameronWitts GMDGLJ: Experimental macrocytic anaemia in the rat, Lancet 2: 404, 1948. CrossrefMedlineGoogle Scholar9. CameronWatsonWitts DGGMLJ: The experimental production of macrocytic anemia by operations on the intestinal tract, Blood 4: 803, 1949. CrossrefMedlineGoogle Scholar10. CameronWatsonWitts DGGMLJ: The alimentary tract of rats with intestinal culs-de-sac, Brit. J. Exper. Path. 31: 349, 1950. MedlineGoogle Scholar11. ToonWangensteen RWOH: Anemia associated with blind intestinal segments and its prevention with Aureomycin, Proc. Soc. Exper. Biol. and Med. 75: 762, 1950. CrossrefMedlineGoogle Scholar12. WatsonWitts GMLJ: Intestinal macrocytic anemia, Brit. M. J. 1: 13, 1952. CrossrefMedlineGoogle Scholar13. Schlesinger A: Nachweis des Antiperniciosa-Prinzips in Magensaft einer Patientin mit perniziös-anämischen Blutbild bei Dünndarmstenose, Klin. Wchnschr. 12: 298, 1933. CrossrefGoogle Scholar14. JacksonLinder WPGC: Small gut insufficiency following intestinal surgery, South African J. Clin. Sc. 2: 70, 1951. Google Scholar15. LichtmanGinsbergWatson HVJ: Therapeutic effect of Aureomycin in pernicious anemia, Proc. Soc. Exper. Biol. and Med. 74: 884, 1950. CrossrefMedlineGoogle Scholar16. DavisChow RLBF: Content of radioactive vitamin B12 in the feces of rats fed Co60 and Aureomycin, Proc. Soc. Exper. Biol. and Med. 77: 218, 1951. CrossrefMedlineGoogle Scholar17. DykeHindRidingShaw WJHGDGE: Bacterial synthesis of vitamin B12 in the alimentary tract, Lancet 1: 486, 1950. CrossrefGoogle Scholar This content is PDF only. To continue reading please click on the PDF icon. Author, Article, and Disclosure InformationAffiliations: Scarsdale, N. Y.*Received for publication July 3, 1953.From the Medical Service, Veterans Administration Hospital, Bronx, N. Y. PreviousarticleNextarticle Advertisement FiguresReferencesRelatedDetails Metrics Cited byMegaloblastic anæmia following operations on the small intestineThe Megaloblastic Anemia of Regional IleitisNon-addisonian megaloblastic anemiaDiseases of Medical ProgressAbsorption of radioactive vitamin B12 in the syndrome of megaloblastic anemia associated with intestinal stricture or anastomosisPENICILLIN IN MEGALOBLASTIC ANÆMIAS OF AFRICANS 1 March 1954Volume 40, Issue 3Page: 600-610KeywordsAnemiaMedical servicesPernicious anemia ePublished: 1 December 2008 Issue Published: 1 March 1954 PDF downloadLoading ...