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Digestive Diseases and Sciences
Published in: Digestive Diseases and Sciences 11/2016

01-11-2016 | Case Report

A Rare Cause of Recurrent Gastrointestinal Bleeding: Giant Diffuse and Cavernous Intestinal Mesentery Hemangioma in an Adult

Authors: Changbing Peng, Haolin Chen, Wenzhong Li, Rui Xu, Wen Zhuang

Published in: Digestive Diseases and Sciences | Issue 11/2016

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Gastrointestinal hemorrhage induced by intetinal hemangiomas is quite common. However, hemangiomas with an intestinal mesenteric origin are extremely rare. We describe a case of giant mesenteric cavernous hemangioma, causing recurrent melena and severe anemia. …
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Title
A Rare Cause of Recurrent Gastrointestinal Bleeding: Giant Diffuse and Cavernous Intestinal Mesentery Hemangioma in an Adult
Authors
Changbing Peng
Haolin Chen
Wenzhong Li
Rui Xu
Wen Zhuang
Publication date
01-11-2016
Publisher
Springer US
Published in
Digestive Diseases and Sciences / Issue 11/2016
Print ISSN: 0163-2116
Electronic ISSN: 1573-2568
DOI
https://doi.org/10.1007/s10620-016-4259-2

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