Hemangioma cavernoso rectal: caso clínico / Cavernous hemangioma of the rectum: report of one case

We report a 41 years old male with a history of hematochezia since childhood. A colonoscopy showed a highly vascularized submucosal lesion extending from the pectinate line to the distal sigmoid colon. Magnetic resonance showed a thickening of rectal wall with multiple vascular structures and phleboliths. The lesion was excised surgically. The postoperative period was uneventful. The pathological report disclosed a large rectal hemangioma.

El hemangioma rectal es una entidad infrecuente, con menos de 200 casos publicados en la literatura mundial. Se presenta un caso clínico, que debuta con rectorragia y es documentado con estudios endoscópicos e imagenológicos, siendo resuelto quirúrgicamente.