Cavernous hemangioma in the ascending colon treated by endoscopic mucosal resection.
Hemangioma of the large intestine is rare, but it is a clinically important entity because of the possibility of massive hemorrhage. The case is reported of a patient with a formed, sessile, polypoid-type cavernous hemangioma in the ascending colon that was removed successfully by endoscopic mucosal resection.
Kimura
Shigeru
S
Department of Endoscopy, School of Medicine, Hiroshima University, Hiroshima, Japan.
Tanaka
Shinji
S
Kusunoki
Hiroaki
H
Kitadai
Yasuhiko
Y
Sumii
Masaharu
M
Tazuma
Susumu
S
Yoshihara
Masaharu
M
Haruma
Ken
K
Chayama
Kazuaki
K
D000368:Aged; D044682:Colon, Ascending; D003110:Colonic Neoplasms / Q000601:surgery*; D003113:Colonoscopy; D006392:Hemangioma, Cavernous / Q000601:surgery*; D006801:Humans; D007413:Intestinal Mucosa / Q000601:surgery; D008297:Male