Malignant hemangioendothelioma of the small intestine: report of a case.
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.
Yoshida
R
R
Second Department of Surgery, Kansai Medical University, Osaka, Japan.
Takada
H
H
Iwamoto
S
S
Mouri
T
T
Uedono
Y
Y
Kawanishi
H
H
Hioki
K
K
Sakaida
N
N
Okamura
A
A
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