Giris ve amaç: Anjiodisplazi özellikle yaslilarda alt gastrointestinal sistem kanamalarinin önemli bir sebebi olup genellikle ve sag kolonda lokalizedir. Çalismamizda demir eksikligi anemisi nedeniyle tetkik edilen 205 hastanin kolonoskopik incelemelerinde anjiodisplazi görülme sikli- gini ve özelliklerini retrospektif olarak inceledik. Gereç ve yöntem: 1997-2002 yillari arasinda demir eksikligi anemisi nedeniyle tetkik edilen, anamnez, laboratuar ve gastroskopik incelemelerinde özellik saptanmayan ve kolonoskopik tetkik istenen 205 hastada anjiodisplazi görülme sikligi incelendi. Bulgular: Olgularimizin 88 (%42,9)’i erkek, 117 (%57,1)’si kadindi. Çalisma grubumuzda her iki cinstede anjiodisplazinin iki ve daha fazla kolon segmentinde lokalize oldugu ve en çok sol kolonda yerlestigini, anjiodisplaziye ilaveten hastalarin % 21’inde enflamasyon, %13,2’sinde divertikül, %19’unda polip ve % 2,4’ünde malinite oldugunu izledik.
Background and aims: Angiodysplasia is an important cause of lower gastrointestinal bleeding which occurs most commonly in the right side of the colon, usually in the elderly but sometimes in younger adults. Materials and methods: Two hundred and five patients who were investigated by total colonoscopy because of iron deficiency anemia during 1997-2002 were included in the study group. Results: Eighty-eight (42.9%) of our patients were male and one hundred and seventeen (57.1%) were female. We found that two or more segments of the colon were affected, most commonly in the left side. Concomitant pathological findings in the bowel were diagnosed in patients: inflammation in 21%, diverticula in 13.2%, polyp in 19% and carcinomas in 2.4%.