Mechanical bowel obstruction due to colonic hemangioma: report of a case.
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.
Demirbaş
Tolga
T
Department of General Surgery, Ege University Medical School, Izmir, Turkey. tolgademirbas@yahoo.com
Güler
Necdet
N
Calişkan
Cemil
C
Gürcü
Bariş
B
Doğanavşargil
Başak
B
Korkut
Mustafa
M
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