title: Diffuse cavernous rectal hemangioma--clinical appearance, diagnostic modalities and sphincter saving approach to therapy: report of 2 and a collective review of 79 cases.
abstract: Two cases of diffuse cavernous haemangioma of the rectum are reported and a thorough review of the world literature with a sum of 79 patients is done. We advocate low anterior resections for the treatment of this disease; sleeve resections are not necessary, since the recurrent bleeding and complication rates are not statistically different from the low anterior resections without mucosal stripping.
authors.affiliation: Hacettepe University School of Medicine, Department of General Surgery, Ankara, Turkey.
authors.forename: Z
authors.initials: Z
authors.lastname: Oner
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Altaca
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D002648:Child; D005260:Female; D006392:Hemangioma, Cavernous / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000601:surgery*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D012004:Rectal Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000601:surgery*; D013514:Surgical Procedures, Operative / Q000379:methods