A 78-year-old woman in otherwise good health schedules a visit with her primary care physician because she has been experiencing blood in her stool th

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A 78-year-old woman in otherwise good health schedules a visit with her primary care physician because she has been experiencing blood in her stool that she describes as “maroon.” Her past medical history is significant for psoriasis and mild degenerative joint disease. In thinking about the possible causes of her lower gastrointestinal bleed, which of the following lists is in order of most common to least common?
(A) Angiodysplasia > cancer/polyp > diverticulosis
(B) Angiodysplasia > diverticulosis > cancer/polyp
(C) Cancer/polyp > diverticulosis > angiodysplasia
(D) Diverticulosis > angiodysplasia > cancer/polyp
(E) Diverticulosis > cancer/polyp > angiodysplasia