Abstract
A nine-year-old girl was admitted with a diagnosis of small intestinal obstruction. On computed tomography (CT) of the abdomen, a small intestine “target sign” caused by intussusception was noted. During emergency surgery, no intussusception of the small intestine was noted. However, an intestinal hemangioma was identified which could have been responsible for the intussusception. A partial resection of the small intestine was performed. The resected specimen was found to contain hemangiomas consisting of the mucosal and submucosal proliferation of blood vessels.
Hemangiomas are rare in the gastrointestinal tract. Hemangiomas of the small intestine rarely present with intussusception. Moreover, there are no reports in the literature dealing with infant small intestinal hemangioma presenting with intussusception. Thus, to the best of our knowledge, the present report is the first such report.
