Diffuse hemangioma of the rectum detected on multi-slice CT in an 18-year-old woman with Klippel-Trenaunay syndrome

The paper reports a rare case of an 18-year-old woman with Klippel-Trenaunay syndrome, whose multi-phase multi-slice CT revealed diffuse colorectal hemangioma. The patient presented symptoms of consumption coagulopathy (Kasabach-Meritt syndrome) and intense collateral circulation in the course of po...

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Published inAnnales Universitatis Mariae Curie-Skłodowska. Sectio D, Medicina Vol. 59; no. 1; p. 356
Main Authors Czekajska-Chehab, Elzbieta, Borowiec, Dariusz, Drop, Andrzej, Durakiewicz, Marek, Staśkiewicz, Grzegorz
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published Poland 2004
Subjects
Adolescent
Colonoscopy
Colorectal Neoplasms - diagnostic imaging
Contrast Media - administration & dosage
Diagnosis, Differential
Female
Hemangioma - diagnostic imaging
Hematuria - etiology
Humans
Image Enhancement
Image Processing, Computer-Assisted
Iohexol - analogs & derivatives
Klippel-Trenaunay-Weber Syndrome - diagnostic imaging
Sensitivity and Specificity
Tomography, Spiral Computed
Urologic Neoplasms - diagnostic imaging
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Summary:The paper reports a rare case of an 18-year-old woman with Klippel-Trenaunay syndrome, whose multi-phase multi-slice CT revealed diffuse colorectal hemangioma. The patient presented symptoms of consumption coagulopathy (Kasabach-Meritt syndrome) and intense collateral circulation in the course of portal hypertension. The CT lesions and possibilities of multiformat and 3D volume rendering reconstructions are presented. To our knowledge, this is the first report of diffuse hemangioma of the colon and rectum in a patient with KTS detected with multi-slice CT.
ISSN:0066-2240