Successful Endoscopic Sclerotherapy Using Polidocanol for Small Bowel Hemangioma
Open Access
- 15 July 2020
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Japanese Society of Internal Medicine in Internal Medicine
- Vol. 59 (14), 1727-1730
- https://doi.org/10.2169/internalmedicine.4327-19
Abstract
Small-bowel hemangiomas are a possible source of gastrointestinal bleeding for which there is no established treatment approach. In this report, we describe the case of a 58-year-old woman who presented with hematochezia and who was diagnosed with small bowel hemangioma. She was successfully treated using endoscopic sclerotherapy. Initial capsule endoscopy revealed bleeding in the ileum. Subsequent double-balloon enteroscopy showed a 2-cm, bluish-purple, ileal submucosal tumor with an overlying protrusion. The lesion was responsible for the hematochezia and was treated with intralesional injection of polidocanol. The hematochezia completely resolved and at 4 months after sclerotherapy, the size of the lesion was significantly reduced.Keywords
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