Solitary hemangioma of the small intestine: An unusual cause of bleeding diagnosed at capsule endoscopy

Journal of Pediatric Surgery

Volumn 40, Issue 10, 2005, Pages

  Magnano, Antonio ^a   Privitera, Antonio ^a   Calogero, Giovanni ^a   Nanfito', Luigi ^a   Basile, Giuseppe ^a   Sanfilippo, Giuseppe ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CATANIA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Bleeding; Capsule endoscopy; Hemangioma

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ANAMNESIS; ARTICLE; BLEEDING; CAPSULE ENDOSCOPY; CASE REPORT; CAVERNOUS HEMANGIOMA; CLINICAL EXAMINATION; CLINICAL FEATURE; COLONOSCOPY; END TO END ANASTOMOSIS; ESOPHAGOGASTRODUODENOSCOPY; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; INTESTINE SURGERY; LABORATORY TEST; LAPAROTOMY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCINTIGRAPHY; SMALL INTESTINE TUMOR; SUPERIOR MESENTERIC ANGIOGRAPHY; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TREATMENT PLANNING;

ADOLESCENT; ENDOSCOPES, GASTROINTESTINAL; ENDOSCOPY, GASTROINTESTINAL; GASTROINTESTINAL HEMORRHAGE; HEMANGIOMA, CAVERNOUS; HUMANS; ILEAL NEOPLASMS; MALE; MINIATURIZATION;

EID: 27444435149     PISSN: 00223468     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jpedsurg.2005.06.014     Document Type: Article

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