Upper Gastrointestinal Bleeding Secondary to Sodium Polystyrene Sulfonate Use: A Rare Adverse Effect of Commonly Prescribed Treatment

<div>Endoscopic imaging of ulcerated gastric mucosa. (a) Mucosal ulceration of the gastric fundus, (b) ulceration and severe erythema of the gastric cardia on retroflexion view, (c) ulceration and severe erythema of the gastric prepyloric and pylorus, and (d) ulceration and erosion of the greater curvature of the gastric body.</div>

Case Reports in Gastrointestinal Medicine

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Figure 2: Upper Gastrointestinal Bleeding Secondary to Sodium Polystyrene Sulfonate Use: A Rare Adverse Effect of Commonly Prescribed Treatment 