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Colorectal hemangioma: radiologic findings
A H Dachman1, P R Ros, K M Shekitka
1Department of Radiology and Nuclear Medicine Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences, F. Hebert School of Medicine, Bethesda, MD 20814-4799.
Abstract:
The authors correlated radiographs with the clinical and histologic data of 12 patients with colorectal hemangioma. All patients presented with rectal bleeding, which was chronic in seven. Phleboliths were also visible in seven cases, which correlated with chronic bleeding in five. On barium studies, three masses were soft and three produced rigid narrowing. The atypical features of rigid luminal narrowing, which might mimic a carcinoma, and hypovascularity correlated with chronic bleeding or visible phleboliths, which suggest the correct diagnosis of colorectal hemangioma.