Angiomyoma and vascular ectasia of the small bowel as a cause of intestinal bleeding

Pathol Res Pract. 1988 Aug;183(4):519-23. doi: 10.1016/S0344-0338(88)80108-0.

Abstract

A case is reported of a 31-year-old woman complaining of recurrent intestinal bleeding caused by an angiomyoma of the wall of the duodenojejunal flexure with diverticular features, accompanied by vascular ectasia of the overlying submucosa.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Adult
  • Dilatation, Pathologic / complications
  • Female
  • Gastrointestinal Hemorrhage / etiology*
  • Hemangioma / complications
  • Hemangioma / pathology*
  • Humans
  • Intestinal Neoplasms / complications
  • Intestinal Neoplasms / pathology*
  • Intestine, Small / blood supply*
  • Leiomyoma / complications
  • Leiomyoma / pathology*