Giant mesenteric hemangioma with small intestinal involvement: An unusual cause of recurrent gastrointestinal bleed and review of gastrointestinal hemangiomas

Digestive Diseases and Sciences

Volumn 44, Issue 12, 1999, Pages 2545-2551

  Ruiz Jr , Atenodoro R ^a,b   Ginsberg, Allen Louis ^a  

^a GEORGE WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b Division of Gastroenterology and Liver Diseases   (United States)

Author keywords

Gastrointestinal vascular lesions; Hemangiomas; Mesentery; Small intestine

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CAVERNOUS HEMANGIOMA; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; GASTROINTESTINAL HEMORRHAGE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; INTESTINE WALL; IRON DEFICIENCY ANEMIA; LAPAROTOMY; MALE; MELENA; MESENTERY TUMOR; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SMALL INTESTINE TUMOR;

EID: 0033402598     PISSN: 01632116     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1026659710815     Document Type: Article

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