Extraluminal colonic arteriovenous haemangioma: an unusual cause of chronic lower gastrointestinal bleeding

S K Somasundaram; G Akritidis; S Alagaratnam; T V Luong; O A Ogunbiyi

doi:10.1308/003588413X13511609955094

Extraluminal colonic arteriovenous haemangioma: an unusual cause of chronic lower gastrointestinal bleeding

Ann R Coll Surg Engl. 2013 Mar;95(2):e44-6. doi: 10.1308/003588413X13511609955094.

Authors

S K Somasundaram¹, G Akritidis, S Alagaratnam, T V Luong, O A Ogunbiyi

Affiliation

¹ Royal Free London NHS Foundation Trust, UK.

Abstract

Lower gastrointestinal bleeding is a common general surgical presentation in acute and chronic settings. Vascular anomalies account for 2% of such cases and can therefore be missed. We discuss a rare vascular anomaly in one of our patients where the diagnosis was not established for a ten-year period. We describe the subsequent management and a brief review of the literature of this uncommon condition.

Publication types

Case Reports
Review

MeSH terms

Arteriovenous Malformations / complications*
Arteriovenous Malformations / pathology
Chronic Disease
Delayed Diagnosis
Female
Gastrointestinal Hemorrhage / etiology*
Gastrointestinal Hemorrhage / pathology
Hemangioma / complications*
Hemangioma / pathology
Humans
Middle Aged
Preoperative Care
Sigmoid Neoplasms / complications*
Sigmoid Neoplasms / pathology
Tomography, X-Ray Computed