A Rare Cause of Intestinal Obstruction: Jejunal Cavernous Hemangioma

Abstract

In this report we present a 21 years old female patient who had submitted to emergencydepartment with the complaints of abdominal pain, nausea-vomiting and constipation for last threedays. After the examinations and analysis, the patient was diagnosed as ileus and the operation wasdecided. During the operation the presence of a mass filling nearly all of jejunal lumen was dedected,than resection and anastomosis were performed. The pathology was reported as cavernous hemangioma. Postoperative seventh day the patient was discharged. It has been reported in the sources thathemangiomas are hereditary, benign, vascular pathologies that can be found in all organs and systems and are not considered as a real neoplasm. In this report we present a rare case of cavernoushemangioma of the jejunum and it is considered important due to its great dimension, rare localization and a rare clinical presentation of intestinal obstruction.