title: Mechanical bowel obstruction due to colonic hemangioma: report of a case.
abstract: Colon hemangiomas are rare benign vascular lesions which are usually seen in teenagers. The frequent presentation is repetitive painless rectal bleeding. Colonic hemangiomas are occasionally found in the rectosigmoid area. A 62-year-old male patient was admitted to the hospital with the complaints of mechanical bowel obstruction. The radiological imaging techniques revealed a transverse colon tumor. Consequently, the patient was operated, and transverse colectomy and end-to-end anastomosis were performed. No postoperative complications occurred. The pathologic examination revealed cavernous hemangioma of the transverse colon. This report describes a very rare case of bowel obstruction due to colonic hemangioma.
authors.affiliation: Department of General Surgery, Ege University Medical School, Izmir, Turkey. tolgademirbas@yahoo.com
authors.forename: Tolga
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Demirbaş
authors.forename: Necdet
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Güler
authors.forename: Cemil
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Calişkan
authors.forename: Bariş
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Gürcü
authors.forename: Başak
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Doğanavşargil
authors.forename: Mustafa
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Korkut
mesh_terms: D003110:Colonic Neoplasms / Q000473:pathology* / Q000601:surgery; D006391:Hemangioma / Q000473:pathology* / Q000601:surgery; D006801:Humans; D007415:Intestinal Obstruction / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000209:etiology* / Q000601:surgery; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged