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Table 2 Cases diagnosed with intestinal hemangioma and intussusception reported between January 2000 and February 2021

From: Multiple intestinal hemangioma concurrent with low-grade appendiceal mucinous neoplasm presenting as intussusception—a case report and literature review

Author

Patient

Presentations

Hemangioma location

Histology

Intussusception location

Preoperative diagnosis

Treatment

Sex

Age, year

Wang et al [1]

M

19

BRBNS with melena and abdominal pain

Jejunum and gastric lumen

Cavernous hemangiomas

Jejunojejunal intussusception

CT

Exploratory, laparotomy, intraoperative esophagogastroduodenoscopy, wedge gastrectomy and a part of jejunum were resected

Menegozzo et al [2]

F

25

Chronic intestinal bleeding presented with acute onset of colic pain and vomit

Small and large bowels, Liver

Cavernous hemangiomas

Jejunum

US, CT

Laparotomy, simple reduction of the intussusception segments

Tzoufi et al [3]

M

13

Complex partial generalized seizures, cerebral palsy, multiple skeletal anomalies anaemia

Skins, mucous membranes, gastrointestinal tract, left occipital lobe

Cavernous hemangiomas

Ileocolic intussusception

CT, MRI

Surgery, blood transfusions

Lee et al [4]

M

37

Colicky abdominal pain, nausea, vomiting

Jejunum, mid-ileum and distal ileum, Bluish skin lesions around neck, chest and abdomen, hepatic, right quadratus lumborum muscle

Cavernous hemangiomas

Jejunum, mid-ileum and distal ileum

Abdominal radiograph, CT

Urgent laparotomy and bowel resections, limited right hemicolectomy

Keiko et al [5]

M

2 years and 10 months

Vomiting, diarrhea, abdominal pain, watery diarrhea with strawberry jelly-like stools

Cecum

Capillary

Colon

US, CT, colonoscopy, barium enema

laparotomy with ileocecal resection and side to-end ileo-ascending colon anastomosis

Khalil et al [6]

F

17

Abdominal pain, lower gastrointestinal bleeding and anaemia

Rectosigmoid, hepatic flexure, small bowel

Multiple cavernous haemangioma

Small bowel

Colonoscopy, nuclear medicine GI bleeding scintigraphic scanning, CT angiogram

Surgical exploration, Enterotomy small bowel resection, colotomy, ligation and excision of the hepatic flexure and rectosigmoid region

Zorica et al [7]

F

13

Vomiting, colicky abdominal pain and constipation.

Ileal

Pyogenic granuloma, lobular capillary hemangioma

ileum

US, Plain abdominal radiography

Laparotomy. The affected gangrenous loop of the small bowel was resected and a temporary terminal ileostomy was performed

Morgan et al [8]

F

21

Abdominal pain and vomiting

Small bowel, lymph nodes

Mixed haemangioma

mid small bowel

US, CT, Gastrography enema

Laparotomy. The affected loop of small bowel was resected, together with the mass and the lymph nodes, and an end to end anastomosis was performed

Kye et al [9]

F

81

Intermittent melena, nausea, dizziness, severe anemia

Jejunum

Polypoid hemangioma of a proliferation of dilated vessels and small capillaries

Jejunum

CT, esophagogastroduodenoscopy colonoscopy (EGD), colonoscopic

Explorative laparotomy, segmental resection of the small bowel

Al-Musali B et al [10]

F

0.25

Projectile vomiting, abdominal pain, and redcurrant jelly stool

Ilium

Diffuse infantile hemangioma

Not available

Laparoscopy, US, CT, MRI, MRA

Surgical resection of the thickened circumferential hemangioma covering the mid ilium along with oral propranolol

  1. US ultrasound, CT computer tomography, MRI magnetic resonance imaging, MRA magnetic resonance angiography