Gastrointestinal hemangioma in childhood: A rare cause of gastrointestinal bleeding

Korean Journal of Pediatrics

Volumn 57, Issue 5, 2014, Pages 245-249

  Han, Eon Chul ^a   Kim, Soo Hong ^b   Kim, Hyun Young ^a   Jung, Sung Eun ^a   Park, Kwi Won ^a  

^a Seoul National University College of Medicine   (South Korea)

^b Pusan National University School of Medicine   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Blue rubber bleb nevus syndrome; Cavernous hemangioma; Gastrointestinal hemorrhage; Surgery; Vascular neoplasms

Indexed keywords

HEMOGLOBIN;

ABDOMINAL ANGIOGRAPHY; ADOLESCENT; ANGIOGRAPHY; ARTICLE; BLUE RUBBER BLEB NEVUS; CAPSULE ENDOSCOPY; CASE REPORT; CAVERNOUS HEMANGIOMA; CHILD; COLONOSCOPY; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DIZZINESS; ECHOGRAPHY; ESOPHAGOGASTRODUODENOSCOPY; FEMALE; GASTRECTOMY; GASTROINTESTINAL HEMORRHAGE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; INTESTINE BIOPSY; LAPAROTOMY; MALE; MELENA; PRESCHOOL CHILD; RECTUM HEMORRHAGE; SCHOOL CHILD; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; SWENSON PROCEDURE; VOMITING;

EID: 84901009931     PISSN: 17381061     EISSN: 20927258     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3345/kjp.2014.57.5.245     Document Type: Article

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