Angiosarcoma Involving Solid Organs and the Gastrointestinal Tract with Life-Threatening Bleeding

Angiosarcoma Involving Solid Organs and the Gastrointestinal Tract with Life-Threatening Bleeding

We report a rare case of angiosarcoma involving the gastrointestinal tract, liver, spleen, pancreas, kidney, lung and vertebrae, as well as bulky dissemination in the pleuroperitoneal membranes. A 72-year-old man with no history of illness became aware of melena. Laboratory findings revealed anemia, and upper gastrointestinal endoscopy revealed multiple reddish nodules in the stomach and duoden...

Life-threatening gastrointestinal bleeding in Klippel-Trenaunay syndrome.

A 28-year-old Hispanic man was brought to the hospital by emergency medical services after several hours of passing bright red blood per rectum. He complained of feeling dizzy and at the emergency center, he continued to pass a large amount of bright red blood per rectum. On admission his hemoglobin was 6.0g/dL. He had a similar episode of bleeding at age 16, which stopped spontaneously and no ...

Jejunal diverticula: a rare cause of life-threatening gastrointestinal bleeding

Jejunal diverticula are rare and the condition remains mostly asymptomatic. However, they can present with vague chronic abdominal symptoms and, in some cases, acute life-threatening complications, such as gastrointestinal (GI) bleeding, bowel obstruction and perforation. We present a case of an adult male who presented with life-threatening GI bleeding secondary to jejunal diverticular disease...

Multifocal angiosarcoma of the gastrointestinal tract.

The Gastrointestinal Tract and Intraabdominal Organs

The stomach forms at about 4 weeks after conception by the development of a spindle-shaped dilatation of the foregut caudal to the esophagus. The stomach descends into the abdomen at about 6 to 7 weeks after conception, and by 11 weeks the muscles in its wall are developed. Visualization with ultrasound is possible as early as the 9th week of menstrual age. Different parts of the gastric anatom...