Small bowel cavernous hemangioma as an uncommon cause of iron-deficiency anemia.
Lorena Carballo-FolgosoJavier CuevasMiriam Celada-SendinoLuis Martínez CamblorSofía Merino BaamondeLeire García AlonsoVerónica García ÁlvarezAdolfo SuárezPublished in: Revista espanola de enfermedades digestivas (2023)
Small bowel hemangiomas are benign congenital vascular lesions that can be asymptomatic or cause anemia, gastrointestinal bleeding, obstruction, or intestinal perforation. We report the case of a 75-year-old woman who, after years of study for iron-deficiency anemia, was diagnosed with a cavernous hemangioma of the jejunum by capsule endoscopy, which was confirmed after surgical resection.