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Year : 2022 | Volume
: 27
| Issue : 1 | Page : 112-114 |
Metachronous venous malformation masquerading as an obscure gastrointestinal bleed
Neehar Patil, Jeevak Shetty, Padmalatha S Kadamba, Manjiri Somashekhar, MK Kalpana Kumari
Department of Paediatric Surgery, Ramaiah Medical College and Hospital, Bengaluru, Karnataka, India
Correspondence Address:
Dr. Manjiri Somashekhar Department of Paediatric Surgery, Ramaiah Medical College and Hospital, Bengaluru - 560 054, Karnataka India
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DOI: 10.4103/jiaps.JIAPS_290_20
Vascular malformation of the gastrointestinal (GI) tract along with metachronous lesions elsewhere in the body is extremely rare. We report an unusual case of a female child, with a history of venous malformation excision over the right leg presenting with severe iron-deficiency anemia. Although venous malformations of the small bowel are a rare cause of occult GI bleed, in the presence of cutaneous vascular lesions, there should be a high index of suspicion of a vascular malformation, along with the other causes of GI bleed in children.
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