A Diabetic Case with Arteriosclerosis, Type 2 Diabetes (T2D) and Occasional Bleeding From Colonic Diverticula

Bando H, Kondo N, Iwatsuki N, Okada M, Ogawa T and Sakamoto K

Published on: 2025-03-23

Abstract

The patients is a 77-year-old female with type 2 diabetes (T2D), dyslipidemia, peripheral artery disease (PAD), Gastro Esophageal Reflux Disease (GERD). She developed anemia of Hb 9.5 g/dL and showed multiple colonic diverticula by abdominal CT scan. For 7 years, her complete blood count (CBC) showed occasional anemia probably due to the bleeding from colon diverticula. She was provided sodium ferrous citrate 50mg/day and her anemia was recovered from 9.9 g/dL to 14.1 g/dL. She underwent right colectomy and left hemicolectomy in July 2024, which was successful and uneventful clinical progress. The specimen included multiple diverticula, without malignant findings.