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COLONIC HAEMANGIOMA
Author(s) -
Leung J. W. C.,
Crofts T. J.,
Watt C. Y.
Publication year - 1986
Publication title -
australian and new zealand journal of surgery
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.111
H-Index - 51
eISSN - 1445-2197
pISSN - 0004-8682
DOI - 10.1111/j.1445-2197.1986.tb02330.x
Subject(s) - medicine , vascular malformation , varices , hemangioma , angioma , arteriovenous malformation , gastroenterology , radiology , vascular disease , cirrhosis
Cavernous haemangioma of the colon is a rare cause of colonic varices. It is a congenital vascular malformation of the large bowel often associated with cutaneous haemangiomata. A case is reported with this unusual pathology presenting with lower gastrointestinal bleeding.