TY - JOUR T1 - MEgaloblastic anemia in association with jejunal diverticula AU - CRAWFORD DW, FREEMAN RM Y1 - 1961/11/01 N1 - 10.1001/archinte.1961.03620110115015 JO - Archives of Internal Medicine SP - 775 EP - 780 VL - 108 IS - 5 N2 - In 1930 Taylor described a case of jejunal diverticulosis associated with pernicious anemia.1 Since that time, macrocytic anemia with intestinal diverticula has been described in 18 additional cases.2-14 In 8 of these, gastric acid was demonstrated, thus essentially excluding Addisonian pernicious anemia. In 9 of the cases, achlorhydria or "nearly complete achlorhydria" was noted; in 2 reports, the presence of gastric acid was not mentioned13,14 (Table 1). This report describes another case of non-Addisonian megaloblastic anemia apparently due to small bowel diverticulosis.Report of a Case  An 85-year-old retired white carpenter was admitted to Palo Alto-Stanford Hospital Center on Sept. 30, 1959, with the history of diarrhea and weight loss of 4 years' duration.Present Illness.—  In 1955 he was seen by his physician because of a prolonged episode of diarrhea. At that time his red cell count was 4,400,000 per cu. mm., hematocrit was 43%, and SN - 0003-9926 M3 - doi: 10.1001/archinte.1961.03620110115015 UR - http://dx.doi.org/10.1001/archinte.1961.03620110115015 ER -