A case of multiple cavernous hemangioma of the small intestine and clinical review of the Japanese literature.
We report a case of multiple cavernous hemangioma of the small intestine which was diagnosed definitively before operation. A 33-yr-old male was found to have multiple polypoid lesions in the small intestine during examination for recurrent iron deficiency anemia. Plain X-ray film of the abdomen revealed multiple calcifications in the middle to lower region, suggestive of cavernous hemangioma, which was further confirmed by angiography and scintigraphy with Tc 99m-labeled red blood cells. Endoscopy during surgery was used to determine the extent of surgical resection. Seventy-three cases of hemangioma of the small intestine were reported in Japan between 1953 and 1988 and their clinical features were reviewed.
Second Department of Internal Medicine, Shinshu University School of Medicine, Matsumoto, Japan.
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Akamatsu
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Matsuda
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Tsugane
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Matsuzawa
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Hasebe
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Furuta
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Katsuyama
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Adachi
D000328:Adult; D006392:Hemangioma, Cavernous / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000473:pathology; D006801:Humans; D007414:Intestinal Neoplasms / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000473:pathology; D007421:Intestine, Small / Q000473:pathology; D007564:Japan / Q000453:epidemiology; D008297:Male; D009378:Neoplasms, Multiple Primary