title: Extraluminal colonic arteriovenous haemangioma: an unusual cause of chronic lower gastrointestinal bleeding.
abstract: Lower gastrointestinal bleeding is a common general surgical presentation in acute and chronic settings. Vascular anomalies account for 2% of such cases and can therefore be missed. We discuss a rare vascular anomaly in one of our patients where the diagnosis was not established for a ten-year period. We describe the subsequent management and a brief review of the literature of this uncommon condition.
authors.affiliation: Royal Free London NHS Foundation Trust, UK.
authors.forename: S K
authors.initials: SK
authors.lastname: Somasundaram
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Akritidis
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Alagaratnam
authors.forename: T V
authors.initials: TV
authors.lastname: Luong
authors.forename: O A
authors.initials: OA
authors.lastname: Ogunbiyi
mesh_terms: D001165:Arteriovenous Malformations / Q000150:complications* / Q000473:pathology; D002908:Chronic Disease; D057210:Delayed Diagnosis; D005260:Female; D006471:Gastrointestinal Hemorrhage / Q000209:etiology* / Q000473:pathology; D006391:Hemangioma / Q000150:complications* / Q000473:pathology; D006801:Humans; D008875:Middle Aged; D011300:Preoperative Care; D012811:Sigmoid Neoplasms / Q000150:complications* / Q000473:pathology; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed