Abstract

CAMACHO, Javier; PEREIRA, Johany  and  ARENAS, Asmiria. Capillary hemangioma as cause of extrahepatic cholestasis: case report. Gen [online]. 2012, vol.66, n.2, pp.130-132. ISSN 0016-3503.

Introduction: The capillary hemangioma is a benign epithelial disease usually occurs in the skin, but can also occur in mucous membranes, so far in the literature there are no reports of capillary hemangiomas as a cause of extrahepatic cholestasis. Patients and methods: We report the case of a female patient 35 years old, with clinical signs of extrahepatic cholestasis and no evidence of occupying lesions of the bile ducts, duodenoscopy was performed which revealed a lesion of adenomatous aspect of the papilla of Vater, which is resected and sent to pathology. Outcomes: The report from pathology was of a capillary hemangioma.Conclusions: Since in the literature are no reports of capillary hemangiomas as etiologies of cholestasis is decided to report this finding.

Keywords : Extrahepatic cholestasis; Capillary Hemangioma; Endoscopic Retrograde Cholangiopancreatography.