Bleeding small bowel cavernous haemangioma following blunt trauma to the abdomen presenting as subacute intestinal obstruction in a child.
The authors report a case of a 6-year-old girl who developed subacute intestinal obstruction after a trivial blunt trauma to her abdomen. Her normal vital signs masked the presence of intestinal bleeding. An incidental finding at surgery of a haematomatous polypoid vascular growth of the ileum was subsequently confirmed to be cavernous haemangioma of the small bowel. Surgical resection was curative in this patient.
Department of Surgery, National University of Malaysia (UKM) Medical Centre, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. dayanganita@yahoo.co.uk
Dayang Anita
DA
Abdul Aziz
Yugasaravanan
Y
Khandasamy
Riana Pauline
RP
Tamba
Faizah Mohd
FM
Zaki
D001642:Bicycling / Q000293:injuries*; D002648:Child; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D005260:Female; D006392:Hemangioma, Cavernous / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000209:etiology* / Q000601:surgery; D006801:Humans; D007415:Intestinal Obstruction / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000209:etiology* / Q000601:surgery; D007421:Intestine, Small / Q000293:injuries*; D010535:Laparoscopy; D014949:Wounds, Nonpenetrating / Q000150:complications*