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Acquired iron deficiency anaemia due to gastrectomy

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Link to WHO Definition

Acquired iron deficiency anaemia due to gastrectomy – http://id.who.int/icd/entity/1272219828

Gastrectomy can be due to gastric cancer or gastric bypass for obesity (this form of surgery bypasses the duodenum, the major site of intestinal iron absorption). As a result, iron deficiency can occur following gastric bypass surgery, not only through the bypassing of the site of major iron absorption, but also as the result of decreased gastric acid availability.