Tiny capillary hemangioma of the ileum as the cause of chronic anemia

Naoto Iwai; Takashi Okuda; Kohei Oka; Tasuku Hara; Yutaka Inada; Toshifumi Tsuji; Toshiyuki Komaki; Yoshito Itoh; Keizo Kagawa

doi:10.1002/jgh3.12378

Tiny capillary hemangioma of the ileum as the cause of chronic anemia

JGH Open. 2020 Jun 22;4(5):1017-1018. doi: 10.1002/jgh3.12378. eCollection 2020 Oct.

Authors

Naoto Iwai^{1

2}, Takashi Okuda¹, Kohei Oka¹, Tasuku Hara¹, Yutaka Inada², Toshifumi Tsuji¹, Toshiyuki Komaki¹, Yoshito Itoh², Keizo Kagawa^{1

2}

Affiliations

¹ Department of Gastroenterology and Hepatology Fukuchiyama City Hospital Kyoto Japan.
² Department of Molecular Gastroenterology and Hepatology Graduate School of Medical Science, Kyoto Prefectural University of Medicine Kyoto Japan.

Abstract

A 70-year-old male was diagnosed with tiny capillary hemangioma of the ileum using double-balloon endoscopy. Capillary hemangiomas should be included in the differential diagnoses of OGIB.

Keywords: anemia; capillary hemangioma; ileum.