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Revista colombiana de Gastroenterología
Print version ISSN 0120-9957On-line version ISSN 2500-7440
Abstract
RUIZ-CAEZ, Karina; CURE-MICHAILITH, Jesús; CANEDO-MATUTE, Javier and JIMENEZ-CANEDO, Jesika. Cavernous hemangioma of the colon in a young patient. Rev. colomb. Gastroenterol. [online]. 2021, vol.36, n.1, pp.93-97. Epub Oct 21, 2021. ISSN 0120-9957. https://doi.org/10.22516/25007440.453.
Cavernous hemangioma of the colon is a very rare benign vascular neoplasm. The following is a brief description of the symptoms, diagnosis, and treatment of a young patient with a cavernous hemangioma of the sigmoid colon. An 18-year-old man consulted the emergency department due to painless rectal bleeding associated with dyspnea, asthenia, and adynamia. The patient was admitted with stable vital signs, and complementary studies, including a blood count, reported severe anemic syndrome leading to the study of the cause of the disease. A colonoscopy was performed, finding a sigmoid lesion compatible with colon hemangioma. The patient was taken to surgery (laparotomy), a hemicolectomy was performed, and the diagnosis was confirmed by pathology study.
Keywords : Hemangioma; Colon; Cavernous; Sigmoid; Laparotomy.