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A 17-year-old girl was referred to the colorectal surgery unit with a history of multiple hospital admissions due to recurrent abdominal pain, lower gastrointestinal (GI) bleeding and severe anaemia with haemoglobin reaching a low of 3 g/dL in one episode. Clinical examination was unremarkable. Colonoscopy revealed two lesions suggestive of haemangiomas at the rectosigmoid region and at the hepatic flexure (figure 1). Nuclear medicine GI bleeding scintigraphic scanning revealed active bleeding from the hepatic flexure. The patient was admitted due to an acute episode of intestinal obstruction and bleeding per rectum. CT angiogram (figure 2) revealed intussusception at the small bowel with characteristic findings in the form of …