Small Intestine Lymphangioma A Rare Cause of Gastrointestinal Bleeding: Case Report

Case Report

Austin J Gastroenterol. 2023; 10(2): 1127.

Small Intestine Lymphangioma – A Rare Cause of Gastrointestinal Bleeding: Case Report

Foroogh Alborzi Avanaki¹; Asieh Shakib²*; Samaneh Sardari³

1Department of Gastroentrology, Imam Khomeini Hospital Complex, Colorectal Reserch Center, Tehran University of Medical Science, Tehran Iran

2Division of Gastroenterology, Imam Khomeini Hospital, School of Medicine, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran

3Division of Cardiology, Imam Khomeini Hospital, School of Medicine, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran

*Corresponding author: Asieh Shakib Division of Gastroenterology, Imam Khomeini Hospital, School of Medicine, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran. Email: drash_tums@yahoo.com

Received: November 08, 2023 Accepted: December 22, 2023 Published: December 29, 2023

Clinical Report

The patient was a 20-year-old man, barber, with a past medical history of suspected SMA disease (difficulty in walking), presented with chief complaint of malaise, weakness, dizziness, loss of appetite, and weight loss in the 3rd month of year 2022. He was admitted to hospital because of severe symptomatic anemia (Hb: 5.5).

The patient's past medical history included no significant gastrointestinal conditions or surgeries. Upper GI endoscopy showed mucosal atrophy in D2 without fissure and nodularity. Pathology of duodenal mucosa revealed mild chronic gastritis, negative for celiac disease.

Citation: Avanaki FA, Shakib A, Sardari S. Small Intestine Lymphangioma – A Rare Cause of Gastrointestinal Bleeding: Case Report. Austin J Gastroenterol. 2023; 10(2): 1127.