title: Malignant hemangioendothelioma of the small intestine: report of a case.
abstract: A case of malignant hemangioendothelioma (MH) of the small intestine in a 27-year-old woman is reported herein. The patient developed acute abdominal symptoms during investigations for anemia, weight loss, anorexia, and recurrent gastrointestinal bleeding. An emergency laparotomy revealed perforation of a jejunal tumor. The results of a histopathological study of the resected small bowel segment were interpreted as MH with lymph node involvement. Following this case report, a review of the relevant literature on small intestinal MH is presented.
authors.affiliation: Second Department of Surgery, Kansai Medical University, Osaka, Japan.
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Yoshida
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Takada
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Iwamoto
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Mouri
authors.forename: Y
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Uedono
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Kawanishi
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Hioki
authors.forename: N
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Sakaida
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Okamura
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000740:Anemia / Q000209:etiology; D005260:Female; D006471:Gastrointestinal Hemorrhage / Q000209:etiology; D006390:Hemangioendothelioma / Q000473:pathology* / Q000601:surgery; D006801:Humans; D007416:Intestinal Perforation / Q000209:etiology; D007580:Jejunal Neoplasms / Q000473:pathology* / Q000601:surgery; D008207:Lymphatic Metastasis