NCBISkiptomaincontentSkiptonavigationResourcesHowToAboutNCBIAccesskeysMyNCBISignintoNCBISignOutTryoutPMCLabsandtelluswhatyouthink.LearnMore.JournalListJMedCaseReportsv.4;2010PMC2850349JMedCaseReports.2010;4:86.Publishedonline2010Mar12.doi: 10.1186/1752-1947-4-86PMCID:PMC2850349PMID:20226051Picainirondeficiency:acaseseriesYasirKhan1,2andGlennTisman1YasirKhan1DepartmentofMedicalOncology,WhittierCancerResearchBuilding,BaileyStreet,Whittier,California,90601,USA2StGeorgesUniversitySchoolofMedicine,Grenada,WestIndiesFindarticlesbyYasirKhanGlennTisman1DepartmentofMedicalOncology,WhittierCancerResearchBuilding,BaileyStreet,Whittier,California,90601,USAFindarticlesbyGlennTismanAuthorinformationArticlenotesCopyrightandLicenseinformationDisclaimer1DepartmentofMedicalOncology,WhittierCancerResearchBuilding,BaileyStreet,Whittier,California,90601,USA2StGeorgesUniversitySchoolofMedicine,Grenada,WestIndiesCorrespondingauthor.YasirKhan:ude.ugs@1ayahk;GlennTisman:moc.liamg@dmnnelgReceived2009Oct22;Accepted2010Mar12.Copyright©2010KhanandTisman;licenseeBioMedCentralLtd.ThisisanOpenAccessarticledistributedunderthetermsoftheCreativeCommonsAttributionLicense(http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0),whichpermitsunrestricteduse,distribution,andreproductioninanymedium,providedtheoriginalworkisproperlycited.ThisarticlehasbeencitedbyotherarticlesinPMC.IntroductionPicaisanunusualconditionwherepatientsdevelopcravingsfornon-nutritivesubstancesthatcancausesignificanthealthrisks.Wereportthreepatientswithpica,twoofthemshowingevolutionarychangesassociatedwithpicaandthethirddemonstratingapeculiarnatureofpica,whichhasyettobereported.CasepresentationWedescribethreepatientswhopresentedwithsymptomsofpica.Thefirstpatientisa36-year-oldCaucasianwomanwhohaddysfunctionaluterinebleedingassociatedwithdailyingestionoftwosuper-sizedcupsoficeasicedtea.Thesecondpatientisa62-year-oldCaucasianmanwhopresentedwithbleedingfromcolonicpolypsassociatedwithdrinkingpartiallyfrozenbottledwater.Lastly,thethirdpatient,a37-yea