Small intestinal vascular malformation bleeding: a case report with imaging findings

Jun Cui1, Liu-Ye Huang1, Shu-Juan Lin1

  • 1Jun Cui, Liu-Ye Huang, Shu-Juan Lin, Long-Zhi Yi, Cheng-Rong Wu, Bo Zhang, Department of Gastroenterology, Yan tai Yu Huang Ding Hospital, Yantai 264000, Shandong Province, China.

Summary

Diagnosing small intestinal vascular malformations causing bleeding is challenging. Enhanced computed tomography and laparoscopic surgery successfully identified and treated ileal vascular malformations in a patient with obscure gastrointestinal bleeding.