Hemangioma of the Small Intestine Causing Protein-Losing Enteropathy

Case Studies1 June 1967Hemangioma of the Small Intestine Causing Protein-Losing EnteropathyA. E. JACKSON JR., M.D., CARL PETERSON JR., M.D.A. E. JACKSON JR., M.D.Search for more papers by this author, CARL PETERSON JR., M.D.Search for more papers by this authorAuthor, Article, and Disclosure Informationhttps://doi.org/10.7326/0003-4819-66-6-1190 SectionsAboutPDF ToolsAdd to favoritesDownload CitationsTrack CitationsPermissions ShareFacebookTwitterLinkedInRedditEmail ExcerptBenign neoplasms of the small intestine are not common, and hemangiomas, although frequently found elsewhere in the body, are rare in this area (1). River, Silverstein, and Tope (2), in a review of small-bowel neoplasms in 1956, found 1,399 benign tumors of this region reported to that date. Only 9.1% of these were hemangiomas, and only 5.4% represented solitary, localized lesions.The clinical picture of intestinal hemangioma includes blood loss, which is more severe than in other benign tumors of the bowel, and obstruction of various degrees. The presenting complaints are usually those of weight loss, nausea and vomiting, vague...References1. BROWNEMCHARDY DCG: Solitary sclerosing hemangioma of the jejunum. Gastroenterology 8: 665, 1947. MedlineGoogle Scholar2. RIVERSILVERSTEINTOPE LJJW: Benign neoplasms of the small intestine. Int. Abstr. Surg. 102: 1, 1956. Google Scholar3. DWYERSTEINLAUF WAP: Surgical implications of intestinal hemangiomas. Postgrad. Med. 36: 330, 1964. CrossrefMedlineGoogle Scholar4. STEINFELDDAVIDSONGORDONGREENE JLJDRSFE: The mechanism of hypoproteinemia in patients with regional enteritis and ulcerative colitis. Amer. J. Med. 29: 405, 1960. CrossrefMedlineGoogle Scholar5. 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