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Pediatric gastrointestinal vascular anomalies: imaging and therapeutic issues.

Dubois J, Rypens F, Garel L, Yazbeck S, Therasse E, Soulez G

Department of Medical Imaging, Sainte-Justine Mother-Child University Hospital, 3175 Côte Ste-Catherine, Montreal, Quebec, H3T 1C5, Canada, josee-dubois@ssss.gouv.qc.ca.

Vascular anomalies are an uncommon cause of gastrointestinal bleeding. Imaging plays an important role in the diagnosis and therapy of these anomalies. Accurate diagnosis, classification and awareness of associated syndromes are mandatory for applying the appropriate management. In this pictorial essay we review the classification, imaging characteristics and treatment of gastrointestinal vascular anomalies.

Published 9 May 2007 in Pediatr Radiol, 37(6): 566-74.
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