Type:
Educational Exhibit
Keywords:
CT, MR, Abdomen, Diagnostic procedure, Haemangioma, CAD
Authors:
A. Alam; BANGALORE/IN
DOI:
10.1594/ecr2011/C-0013
Learning objectives
Cavernous haemangiomas account for about 7% of all benign vascular tumors and very rarely cause gastrointestinal or genitourinary tract bleeding [1].
These lesions are characterized by a large number of normal or abnormal vessels filled with blood.
When these lesions involve multiple organs the condition is called as angiomatosis or hemangiomatosis [2].
We present a case of diffuse hemangiomatosis in an elderly lady who had extensive involvement of rectum,
urinary bladder,
pelvic soft tissues,
perineum,
muscles,
liver,
spleen,
retroperitoneum and vertebrae.