1993 Volume 35 Issue 6 Pages 1307-1312_1
A 57-year-old male was admitted to our hospital with complaints of melena, general fatigue, and anemia. He had liver cirrhosis, hepatocellular carcinoma, and esophageal varices, which were treated by injection sclerotherapy. Endoscopic examination revealed a pedunculated polypoid lesion, approximately 15 mm in size, on the greater curvature of the antrum. The top of the polyp was covered with coagulation tissue. Esophageal varices were completely eradicated with treatment. A barium follow-through study of the small bowel, and barium enema study of the colon did not reveal any abnormal findings. Endoscopic polypectomy was performed for the treatment of melena. Histological diagnosis was capillary hemangioma. Capillary hemangioma of the stomach is a rare lesion in Japan, and this is the first case that pedunculated capillary hemangioma was treated by endoscopic polypectomy.
