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Angiodysplasia Involving the Sigmoid Colon in Children
Jae Young Kim, Kyung Won Hwang, Young Ho Ahn, Jin Bok Hwang, Chang Ho Han, Hae Lee Chung, Young Dae Kwon, Yong Jin Kim
Clin Exp Pediatr. 1995;38(7):993-999.   Published online July 15, 1995
Angiodysplasia(AD) of the gastrointestinal(GI) tract in children is a very rare cause of bleeding and thought to be a distinct clinicopathologic entity distingishing from the classic adult-type AD by its different clinical settings and diverse histology. We report two cases of AD involving the sigmoid colon in children. The cases, 6-year-old girl and 11-year-old boy, were preoperatively suspected by colonoscopy and...