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Cavernous hemangioma in the ascending colon treated by endoscopic mucosal resection
Author(s) -
Kimura Shigeru,
Tanaka Shinji,
Kusunoki Hiroaki,
Kitadai Yasuhiko,
Sumii Masaharu,
Tazuma Susumu,
Yoshihara Masaharu,
Haruma Ken,
Chayama Kazuaki
Publication year - 2007
Publication title -
journal of gastroenterology and hepatology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.214
H-Index - 130
eISSN - 1440-1746
pISSN - 0815-9319
DOI - 10.1111/j.1440-1746.2006.03302.x
Subject(s) - medicine , ascending colon , hemangioma , endoscopic mucosal resection , resection , large intestine , surgery
Hemangioma of the large intestine is rare, but it is a clinically important entity because of the possibility of massive hemorrhage. The case is reported of a patient with a formed, sessile, polypoid‐type cavernous hemangioma in the ascending colon that was removed successfully by endoscopic mucosal resection.