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Jejunal Submucosal Hemangioma as a Cause of Massive Gastrointestinal Bleeding: A Case Report

Small intestinal hemangiomas are uncommon tumors that frequently present with gastrointestinal bleeding (GIB). Diagnosis, detection, and treatment can be challenging and may require surgical intervention. An 81-year-old female presented with melena. Video capsule endoscopy revealed active bleeding i...

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Autores principales: Numan, Laith, Elkafrawy, Ahmed, Brotherton, Tim, Tomaw, Andrew, Campbell, Donald
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Cureus 2020
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7328703/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/32626616
http://dx.doi.org/10.7759/cureus.8372
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author Numan, Laith
Elkafrawy, Ahmed
Brotherton, Tim
Tomaw, Andrew
Campbell, Donald
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description Small intestinal hemangiomas are uncommon tumors that frequently present with gastrointestinal bleeding (GIB). Diagnosis, detection, and treatment can be challenging and may require surgical intervention. An 81-year-old female presented with melena. Video capsule endoscopy revealed active bleeding in the proximal jejunum and push enteroscopy identified a polypoid nodule with central umbilication. The patient underwent laparoscopic resection and jejunal submucosal hemangioma was detected. Submucosal hemangiomas are a rare cause of GIB. As the most common site of submucosal hemangiomas is the mid-jejunum, they are not easy to detect. Surgical intervention is usually required for a definitive diagnosis and definitive treatment.
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spelling pubmed-73287032020-07-02 Jejunal Submucosal Hemangioma as a Cause of Massive Gastrointestinal Bleeding: A Case Report Numan, Laith Elkafrawy, Ahmed Brotherton, Tim Tomaw, Andrew Campbell, Donald Cureus Internal Medicine Small intestinal hemangiomas are uncommon tumors that frequently present with gastrointestinal bleeding (GIB). Diagnosis, detection, and treatment can be challenging and may require surgical intervention. An 81-year-old female presented with melena. Video capsule endoscopy revealed active bleeding in the proximal jejunum and push enteroscopy identified a polypoid nodule with central umbilication. The patient underwent laparoscopic resection and jejunal submucosal hemangioma was detected. Submucosal hemangiomas are a rare cause of GIB. As the most common site of submucosal hemangiomas is the mid-jejunum, they are not easy to detect. Surgical intervention is usually required for a definitive diagnosis and definitive treatment. Cureus 2020-05-31 /pmc/articles/PMC7328703/ /pubmed/32626616 http://dx.doi.org/10.7759/cureus.8372 Text en Copyright © 2020, Numan et al. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/ This is an open access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author and source are credited.
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Numan, Laith
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Brotherton, Tim
Tomaw, Andrew
Campbell, Donald
Jejunal Submucosal Hemangioma as a Cause of Massive Gastrointestinal Bleeding: A Case Report
title Jejunal Submucosal Hemangioma as a Cause of Massive Gastrointestinal Bleeding: A Case Report
title_full Jejunal Submucosal Hemangioma as a Cause of Massive Gastrointestinal Bleeding: A Case Report
title_fullStr Jejunal Submucosal Hemangioma as a Cause of Massive Gastrointestinal Bleeding: A Case Report
title_full_unstemmed Jejunal Submucosal Hemangioma as a Cause of Massive Gastrointestinal Bleeding: A Case Report
title_short Jejunal Submucosal Hemangioma as a Cause of Massive Gastrointestinal Bleeding: A Case Report
title_sort jejunal submucosal hemangioma as a cause of massive gastrointestinal bleeding: a case report
topic Internal Medicine
url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7328703/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/32626616
http://dx.doi.org/10.7759/cureus.8372
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