Crohn's disease angiographically mimicking vascular malformation or neoplasm.
We report a young woman with lower gastrointestinal bleeding in whom, angiographically and surgically, the offending cecal lesion appeared to be a vascular malformation or neoplasm. Pathologically, Crohn's disease associated with extremely prominent vascularity was discovered to be responsible for this unusual appearance and the bleeding.
DeNardi
F
F
Ottawa Civic Hospital, Ontario.
Burns
K
K
Peterson
R A
RA
Barron
P T
PT
Patel
D G
DG
Chambers
R J
RJ
Walley
V M
VM
D000328:Adult; D000792:Angiography; D001165:Arteriovenous Malformations / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D002429:Cecal Diseases / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D002430:Cecal Neoplasms / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D003424:Crohn Disease / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007078:Ileal Neoplasms / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D007079:Ileitis / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D007082:Ileum / Q000098:blood supply*