Klippel-Trenaunay Syndrome of the Rectosigmoid Colon Presenting as Severe Anemia

A 23-year-old female with Klippel-Trenaunay syndrome presented with abdominal pain and severe anemia. Colonoscopy revealed diffuse venous congestion extending circumferentially from the midsigmoid to the rectum, with multiple large varicosities. This case emphasizes that Klippel-Trenaunay syndrome m...

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Autores principales: Tetangco, Eula Plana, Arshad, Hafiz Muhammad Sharjeel, Silva, Rogelio
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: American College of Gastroenterology 2016
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Case Report
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5126491/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/27921060
http://dx.doi.org/10.14309/crj.2016.134
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author Tetangco, Eula Plana
Arshad, Hafiz Muhammad Sharjeel
Silva, Rogelio
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description A 23-year-old female with Klippel-Trenaunay syndrome presented with abdominal pain and severe anemia. Colonoscopy revealed diffuse venous congestion extending circumferentially from the midsigmoid to the rectum, with multiple large varicosities. This case emphasizes that Klippel-Trenaunay syndrome may have visceral manifestations beyond the classic presentation, which can be a significant source of morbidity and mortality.
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spelling pubmed-51264912016-12-05 Klippel-Trenaunay Syndrome of the Rectosigmoid Colon Presenting as Severe Anemia Tetangco, Eula Plana Arshad, Hafiz Muhammad Sharjeel Silva, Rogelio ACG Case Rep J Case Report A 23-year-old female with Klippel-Trenaunay syndrome presented with abdominal pain and severe anemia. Colonoscopy revealed diffuse venous congestion extending circumferentially from the midsigmoid to the rectum, with multiple large varicosities. This case emphasizes that Klippel-Trenaunay syndrome may have visceral manifestations beyond the classic presentation, which can be a significant source of morbidity and mortality. American College of Gastroenterology 2016-11-23 /pmc/articles/PMC5126491/ /pubmed/27921060 http://dx.doi.org/10.14309/crj.2016.134 Text en Copyright © Tetangco et al. This is an open-access article. This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International License. To view a copy of this license, visit http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/
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Klippel-Trenaunay Syndrome of the Rectosigmoid Colon Presenting as Severe Anemia
title Klippel-Trenaunay Syndrome of the Rectosigmoid Colon Presenting as Severe Anemia
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title_fullStr Klippel-Trenaunay Syndrome of the Rectosigmoid Colon Presenting as Severe Anemia
title_full_unstemmed Klippel-Trenaunay Syndrome of the Rectosigmoid Colon Presenting as Severe Anemia
title_short Klippel-Trenaunay Syndrome of the Rectosigmoid Colon Presenting as Severe Anemia
title_sort klippel-trenaunay syndrome of the rectosigmoid colon presenting as severe anemia
topic Case Report
url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5126491/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/27921060
http://dx.doi.org/10.14309/crj.2016.134
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