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.
Akamatsu
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Second Department of Internal Medicine, Shinshu University School of Medicine, Matsumoto, Japan.
Matsuda
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Y
Tsugane
E
E
Matsuzawa
K
K
Hasebe
O
O
Furuta
S
S
Katsuyama
T
T
Adachi
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W
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