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Lower gastrointestinal bleeding: Association with Sevelamer use

Author(s) -

Pankaj Madan,

Suverta Bhayana,

Prakash Chandra,

John I. Hughes

Publication year - 2008

Publication title -

world journal of gastroenterology

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 1.427

H-Index - 155

eISSN - 2219-2840

pISSN - 1007-9327

DOI - 10.3748/wjg.14.2615

Subject(s) - medicine , lower gastrointestinal bleeding , gastrointestinal bleeding , constipation , sevelamer , impaction , gastroenterology , fecal impaction , surgery , colonoscopy , colorectal cancer , hyperphosphatemia , cancer , calcium

Stercoral ulceration results from impaction of hard fecal mass on the colonic wall and is a relatively unknown cause of lower gastrointestinal bleeding. In this report, we describe a case of lower gastrointestinal bleeding due to stercoral ulceration resulting from Sevelamer, a drug which is commonly associated with constipation.

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