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Polypoid cavernous hemangioma removed under colonoscopy
Author(s) -
Kiba Takayoshi,
Takemura Masanobu
Publication year - 2003
Publication title -
digestive endoscopy
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.5
H-Index - 56
eISSN - 1443-1661
pISSN - 0915-5635
DOI - 10.1046/j.1443-1661.2003.00266.x
Subject(s) - medicine , colonoscopy , polypectomy , hemangioma , perforation , ascending colon , fecal occult blood , occult , muscular layer , colorectal cancer , surgery , radiology , cancer , pathology , materials science , alternative medicine , punching , metallurgy
A 57‐year‐old Japanese man was admitted to Ushioda General Hospital because of a positive fecal occult blood test. Colonoscopy revealed a pedunculated polyp in the ascending colon, which was removed by snare polypectomy with electrocautery. The resected polyp was bluish and measured 25 × 20 mm. Histological examination of the polyp revealed a cavernous hemangioma. The hemangioma infiltrated into the muscular layer; however, massive hemorrhage or perforation was not revealed. Although complications of colonoscopic excision of hemangiomas appear to be rare, the number of reports is small and it is, therefore, difficult to determine the safety of colonoscopic treatment.