Vascular Lesions in the Small Bowel

Practical Lessons from the Small Bowel Bleeding Lesions: A Case Report on Small Bowel Cavernous Hemangioma

Lesions of the Small Bowel'

Until recently roentgenologists, internists, and surgeons have paid little attention to the appearance of the small bowel, observations having been concentrated on the esophagus, stomach, and colon. The reasons for this are as follow-s : 1. The pathologist has reported comparatively few organic lesions of the amall bowel. 2. When performing exploratory operations, the surgeon has not ordinarily...

practical lessons from the small bowel bleeding lesions: a case report on small bowel cavernous hemangioma

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The radiology of small bowel lesions.

The techniques of radiological examination of the small bowel are considered. The importance of the routine barium meal and follow-through examination is stressed. The vast majority of lesions present a diagnostic problem in interpretation rather than in detection. Some examples of small bowel pathology are discussed and the need for interpretation in the light of the clinical picture is emphas...

Practical Lessons from the Small Bowel Bleeding Lesions: A Case Report on Small Bowel Cavernous Hemangioma

Dear Editor, Small bowel bleeding accounts for 5% of all gastrointestinal bleeding cases. Vascular lesions of the gastrointestinal tract include hemangioma, telangiectasia, angiodysplasia and phlebectasia1 and they account for 5-10% of all benign neoplasms of the small bowel.2 The diagnosis of small bowel hemangioma is not easy and different modalities with different diagnostic accuracy could b...