title: Small bowel cavernous hemangioma complicated with intussusception: report of an extremely rare case and review of literature.
abstract: Cavernous hemangioma of the small intestine is a rare disease in adult patients. Intussusception caused by small bowel hemangioma is extremely rare. We report a 20-year-old female presenting with lower abdominal pain and post-prandial bloating. Laboratory studies showed leukocytosis with left shifting and prominent anemia. Computed tomography of the abdomen revealed small bowel intussusception with bowel ischemia. Segmental resection of the intussuscepted jejunum was performed, and the diagnosis of cavernous hemangioma causing intussusception and anemia simultaneously was made.
authors.affiliation: Department of General Surgery, Kaohsiung Veterans General Hospital, 386, Ta-Chung 1st. Road, Kaohsiung, Taiwan Republic of China.
authors.forename: Liang-Wei
authors.initials: LW
authors.lastname: Kuo
authors.affiliation: Department of Pathology, Kaohsiung Veterans General Hospital, Kaohsiung, Taiwan Republic of China.
authors.forename: Hao-Wen
authors.initials: HW
authors.lastname: Chuang
authors.affiliation: Department of General Surgery, Kaohsiung Veterans General Hospital, 386, Ta-Chung 1st. Road, Kaohsiung, Taiwan Republic of China.
authors.forename: Yu-Chia
authors.initials: YC
authors.lastname: Chen
keywords: Anemia; Cavernous hemangioma; Intussusception; Small bowel hemangioma