title: Diffuse cavernous hemangioma of the rectum and sigmoid.
abstract: A 65-year-old man with prolonged history of intermittent rectal bleeding due to a large hemangioma involving the distal colon underwent radiological evaluation. barium enema and computed tomography findings are illustrated and previous articles about this entity are briefly reviewed.
authors.affiliation: Department of Diagnostic Radiology, St. Augustine's Hospital, Durban, South Africa.
authors.forename: J H
authors.initials: JH
authors.lastname: Bortz
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D001466:Barium Sulfate; D006392:Hemangioma, Cavernous / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D009378:Neoplasms, Multiple Primary / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D012004:Rectal Neoplasms / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D012811:Sigmoid Neoplasms / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed
chemical_list: D001466:Barium Sulfate