[Cavernous haemangioma of the small bowel: an uncommon cause of intestinal obstruction].
Cavernous haemangioma of the small bowel is a vascular, benign and infrequent tumour, similar in both sexes and more typical from the third decade onwards. Its most common clinical manifestation is a chronic anaemia secondary to intestinal bleeding, other causes are intestinal obstruction and perforation. Preoperational diagnosis is difficult and the treatment of choice is surgical resection.
Calvo
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Servicio de Cirugía General y Aparato Digestivo, Hospital García Orcoyen, Estella, Navarra, 31200, Spain.
Erce
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Montón
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Martínez
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Otero
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D000368:Aged; D005260:Female; D006392:Hemangioma, Cavernous / Q000175:diagnosis*; D006801:Humans; D007078:Ileal Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis*; D007415:Intestinal Obstruction / Q000209:etiology*