title: Usefulness of color doppler sonography and 99m Tc-RBC scintigraphy for preoperative diagnosis of a venous malformation of the small intestine in a 2-year-old child.
abstract: Venous malformations of the small intestine are rare in children, and the preoperative diagnosis of a venous malformation in the small bowel can be very difficult. We report the case of a 2-year-old girl with a solitary cavernous venous malformation of the small intestine that caused gastrointestinal bleeding and anemia and review the usefulness of the combination of color Doppler sonography and 99m Tc-RBC scintigraphy for the diagnosis of venous malformation of the small intestine.
authors.affiliation: Division of Pediatric Surgery, Department of Surgery, Nihon University School of Medicine, 30-1, Ohyaguchi-Kamimachi, Itabashi-ku, Tokyo 173-8610, Japan.
authors.forename: Kiminobu
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Sugito
authors.forename: Takeshi
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Kusafuka
authors.forename: Mayumi
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Hoshino
authors.forename: Mikiya
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Inoue
authors.forename: Taro
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Ikeda
authors.forename: Noritsugu
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Hagiwara
authors.forename: Tsugumichi
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Koshinaga
mesh_terms: D002675:Child, Preschool; D004912:Erythrocytes; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007421:Intestine, Small / Q000098:blood supply* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D015609:Organotechnetium Compounds; D011300:Preoperative Care; D011877:Radionuclide Imaging; D018615:Ultrasonography, Doppler, Color; D054079:Vascular Malformations / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D014680:Veins / Q000002:abnormalities / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging
chemical_list: D015609:Organotechnetium Compounds