title: [Diagnosis and surgical treatment of colorectal cavernous hemangioma: a report of 4 cases and review of Chinese literatures].
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  To summarize the clinical features and surgical methods for colorectal cavernous hemangioma in China.
  
  
  METHODS
  Data of 4 cases in Peking Union Medical College Hospital and 54 cases with colorectal cavernous hemangioma from 1979 to 2006 reported in Chinese literatures were analyzed retrospectively, including clinic manifestations and surgery treatment.
  
  
  RESULTS
  The incidence of male to female was 1.0:1.0, and 43.1% of the patients had their first onset of recurrent rectal bleeding in early childhood. Colonoscopy, rectal CT scan and MRI were the accurate methods for the diagnosis (100%). 91.4% of the patients had diffuse infiltrative lesions and 8.6% of the patients had localized lesions. 82.8% of the patients underwent surgical treatment while 3.5% of the patient did not received treatment.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Colonoscopy is the first choice for the diagnosis of colorectal cavernous hemangioma. Local resection should be performed for the localized cavernous hemangioma. Sigmoid colon and rectum resection with coloanal anastomosis is suitable for the diffuse and infiltrative colorectal cavernous hemangioma.
authors.affiliation: Department of General Surgery, Peking Union Medical College Hospital, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences, Peking Union Medical College, Beijing, China. drxiaoyi@163.com
authors.forename: Yi
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Xiao
authors.forename: Hui-Zhong
authors.initials: HZ
authors.lastname: Qiu
authors.forename: Jiao-Lin
authors.initials: JL
authors.lastname: Zhou
authors.forename: Xie-Qun
authors.initials: XQ
authors.lastname: Xu
authors.forename: Guo-le
authors.initials: GL
authors.lastname: Lin
authors.forename: Bin
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Wu
authors.forename: Ning
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Yang
authors.forename: Di
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Yang
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D015179:Colorectal Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000601:surgery*; D005260:Female; D006392:Hemangioma, Cavernous / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000601:surgery*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D012189:Retrospective Studies; D055815:Young Adult