ACASE OF CAPILLARY HEMANGIOMA OF THE ILEUM DIAGNOSED BY ENDOSCOPIC POLYPECTOMY

Abstract

A 57-year-old woman in hemodialysis was referred to our hospital with a complaint ofanemia. Colonoscopic examination showed a subpedunculated polypoid lesion with oozing inthe ileum at a distance of 10 cm from Bauhin's valve, which was 7 mm in size and like asubmucasal tumor without epithelium. we judged that endoscopic resection was possiblebecause of that mobility. A polypectomy was performed. Histologically it was a capillaryhemangioma which consisted of proliferated thin vessels with the endothelial cells in a singlelayer. Capillary hemangioma of the small intestine is very rare. And this patient is the firstcase with hemangiama of the small intestine that was diagnosed by endoscapic poiypectomy.