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Malignant hemangioendothelioma of the small intestine: Report of a case

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A case of malignant hemangioendothelioma (MH) of the small intestine in a 27-year-old woman is reported herein. The patient developed acute abdominal symptoms during investigations for anemia, weight loss, anorexia, and recurrent gastrointestinal bleeding. An emergency laparotomy revealed perforation of a jejumal tumor. The results of a histopathological study of the resected small bowel segment were interpreted as MH with lymph node involvement. Following this case report, a review of the relevant literature on small intestinal MH is presented.

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  1. Second Department of Surgery, Kansai Medical University, 10-15 Fumizono, 570-8507, Moriguchi, Osaka, Japan

    Ryo Yoshida, Hideho Takada, Shigeyoshi Iwamoto, Takashi Mouri, Yasunari Uedono, Hiroshi Kawanishi & Koshiro Hioki

  2. Department of Surgical Pathology, Kansai Medical University, 10-15 Fumizono, 570-8507, Moriguchi Osaka, Japan

    Noriko Sakaida & Akiharu Okamura

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Yoshida, R., Takada, H., Iwamoto, S. et al. Malignant hemangioendothelioma of the small intestine: Report of a case. Surg Today 29, 439–442 (1999). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02483036

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