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Glossodynia, iron deficiency anemia, and gastrointestinal malignancy. Report of a case
F J Gallager1, D L Baxter, J Denobile
1Oral Diagnosis Department, Naval Dental School, Naval Medical Command, Bethesda, Md.
Oral Surgery, Oral Medicine, and Oral Pathology
|January 1, 1988
Abstract:
A postmenopausal woman was referred by a medical specialist for the evaluation of xerostomia and glossodynia. An ensuing oral diagnostic workup showed that the patient was suffering from iron deficiency anemia secondary to blood loss caused by a tumor in the large intestine. The original oral symptoms resolved after a right hemicolectomy.