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Hemangioendotelioma de intestino delgado: causa poco frecuente de hemorragia digestiva alta / Hemangioendothelioma of the small intestine: infrequent cause of high digestive bleeding
Flores Delgado, Enrique Adrián; Flores Miranda, Enrique.
  • Flores Delgado, Enrique Adrián; Hospital Universitario Manuel Ascunce Domenech. Camagüey. CU
  • Flores Miranda, Enrique; Hospital Universitario Manuel Ascunce Domenech. Camagüey. CU
Arch. méd. Camaguey ; 15(5)nov. 2011. ilus
Article in Spanish | LILACS | ID: lil-615966
RESUMEN
El hemangioendotelioma es un tumor infrecuente, sobre todo a nivel intestinal, de naturaleza mesenquimal, de causa desconocida, clínica muy variable y pronóstico y comportamiento biológico muy diverso, es clasificada como una neoplasia de grado intermedio de malignidad, y se caracteriza por la presencia de células epitelioides.

Objetivo:

presentar el primer caso con esta afección reportado en el país. Caso clínico se presenta el caso de una paciente de 68 años de edad que había presentado varios cuadros de hemorragia digestiva alta dados por melena y anemia, los estudios demostraron la presencia de una tumoración a nivel de intestino delgado, en el acto quirúrgico se constató la tumoración en el ángulo duodeno-yeyunal, la que se resecó e informó como un hemangioendotelioma epitelioide de intestino delgado.

Conclusiones:

el hemangioendotelioma epitelioide de intestino delgado es una causa de hemorragia digestiva alta que debe investigarse cuando no estén presentes las causas más frecuentes.
ABSTRACT
Hemangioendothelioma is an infrequent tumor, especially at intestinal level, mesenchymal nature, unknown cause, very variable clinical signs, highly diverse prognosis and biological behavior. It is classified as an intermediate degree of malignancy tumor, and is characterized by the presence of epithelioid cells.

Objective:

to present the first case with this affection reported in our country. Clinical case a 68-year-old patient who had suffered several pictures of high digestive bleeding, given by melena and anemia, studies demonstrated the presence of a tumor at small intestine level, in the surgical act was found the tumor in the duodenojejunal flexure, which was resected and reported as an epithelioid hemangioendothelioma of small intestine.

Conclusions:

epithelioid hemangioendothelioma of small intestine is a cause of high digestive bleeding that should be investigated when the most frequent causes are not presen.
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Full text: Available Index: LILACS (Americas) Main subject: Hemangioendothelioma, Epithelioid / Gastrointestinal Hemorrhage / Intestinal Neoplasms / Intestine, Small Type of study: Etiology study / Prognostic study Limits: Female / Humans Language: Spanish Journal: Arch. méd. Camaguey Journal subject: Medicine Year: 2011 Type: Article Affiliation country: Cuba Institution/Affiliation country: Hospital Universitario Manuel Ascunce Domenech/CU

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Full text: Available Index: LILACS (Americas) Main subject: Hemangioendothelioma, Epithelioid / Gastrointestinal Hemorrhage / Intestinal Neoplasms / Intestine, Small Type of study: Etiology study / Prognostic study Limits: Female / Humans Language: Spanish Journal: Arch. méd. Camaguey Journal subject: Medicine Year: 2011 Type: Article Affiliation country: Cuba Institution/Affiliation country: Hospital Universitario Manuel Ascunce Domenech/CU