Article Text

Download PDFPDF
CASE REPORT
Caecal lymphangioma: a rare cause of gastrointestinal blood loss
  1. P Rai1,
  2. R N Rao2,
  3. S B D Chakraborthy1
  1. 1Department of Gastroenterology, SGPGIMS, Lucknow, Uttar Pradesh, India
  2. 2Department of Pathology, SGPGIMS, Lucknow, Uttar Pradesh, India
  1. Correspondence to Dr Praveer Rai, praveer_rai{at}yahoo.com

Summary

Lymphangioma is the malformation of the lymphatic system. Lymphangioma is a benign tumour and most colonic lymphangiomas do not cause symptoms and do not require treatment. Resection is required in patients with bleeding or intussusceptions. We report a case of intestinal lymphangiomatosis in a 31-year-old man who presented with recurrent melena and anaemia, which were diagnosed endoscopically and treated with surgical resection.

Statistics from Altmetric.com

Request Permissions

If you wish to reuse any or all of this article please use the link below which will take you to the Copyright Clearance Center’s RightsLink service. You will be able to get a quick price and instant permission to reuse the content in many different ways.