Roentgen Visualization of Phleboliths in Hemangioma of the Gastro-Intestinal Tract

Grieco, R. Vincent; Bartone, Noel F.

doi:10.2214/ajr.101.2.406

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“…Abdominal phleboliths are normally located within the venous plexuses of the uterine broad ligament, urinary bladder, prostate and associated structures, and the spleen. Phleboliths appearing in clusters or occurring in atypical locations, outside the parametrium in women and the prostate and seminal vesicles in men, should arouse suspicion of hemangioma [6,8]. Fifty percent of adults with intestinal hemangiomas are noted on plain films to have phlebolith clusters [1,5,6,8].…”

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Hemangioma of the rectum: CT appearance

Pérez

Andreu

Llauger

et al. 1987

Gastrointest Radiol

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An 18-year-old man who had severe recurrent rectal bleeding and hematuria was found to have a diffuse cavernous hemangioma of the rectosigmoid. A computed tomographic (CT) study was indicated to evaluate tumor extension and therapeutic possibilities. CT scanning revealed a large mass with phleboliths throughout the true pelvis and nodular indentations in the rectosigmoid wall involving the dome and posterior wall of the bladder. A nonhomogeneous and subtle enhancement of the lesion was noticed after injection of contrast medium.

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Hemangioma of the rectum: CT appearance

Pérez

Andreu

Llauger

et al. 1987

Gastrointest Radiol

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“…In such cases selective visceral arteriography and barium studies often provide the supportive evidence. Of course phleboliths may a~so be seen in lymphangiomas and other vascular dysplasias of the digestive organs [7,8,15,16,25].…”

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Calcified primary tumors of the gastrointestinal tract

Ghahremani

Meyers

Port

1977

Gastrointest Radiol

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Abstract.The dominant pattern and location of calcifications occurring within 23 primary gastrointestinal tumors have been analysed and correlated with the data from the literature. The provided guidelines for radiologic diagnosis of such calcified tumors include : (1) a retrocardiac mass containing amorphous calcifications is typical of leiomyoma of the esophagus; (2) calcific deposits similar to that in uterine fibroids may be the feature of gastric leiomyoma or intestinal leiomyosarcoma; (3) sand-like deposits within the wall of the stomach or colon are characteristic of a mucinous adenocarcinoma; (4) clusters of phleboliths in the gastrointestinal wall suggest a hemangioma particularly if recurrent intestinal bleeding and cutaneous hemangiomas are associated; (5) sunburst type of calcification in the pancreas indicates a cystadenoma or cystadenocarcinoma of that organ; and (6) aggregates of granular calcifications in the liver are diagnostic for metastatic adenocarcinoma of the colon but may rarely be seen in a primary malignancy of the liver.

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“…Masseteric hypertrophy 33 or trismus 34 could be a feature of parotid cavernous hemangioma. The presence of calcified phleboliths where normally no large venous plexuses occur is a characteristic x-ray finding in cavernous hemangioma of the salivary glands, 29 but are found in just over 15% of the patients and are comparable to changes in striated muscles 35 and gastrointestinal tract 36 with similar lesions. Occasionally, these phleboliths have been confused with salivary calculi.…”

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