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Cavernous hemangioma of the bladder in an 8-year-old girl
Article published in Urologia Polska 2006/59/1.

authors

Piotr Szynaka 1, Walentyna Maria Zoch-Zwierz 2, Piotr Owsiejczuk 1
1 Oddział Chirurgii i Urologii Dziecięcej Wojewódzkiego Szpitala Zespolonego im. J. Śniadeckiego w Białymstoku
2 I Klinika Chorób Dzieci Akademii Medycznej w Białymstoku, Dziecięcy Szpital Kliniczny im. L. Zamenhoffa

keywords

urinary bladder, cavernous hemangioma, children

summary

A case of 8-year-old girl with succeeding (third and fourth) incident of gross hematuria is presented. The first bleeding ceased after the treatment against schistosomatosis, second - after antibacterial treatment. Radiologic and ultrasonographic tests suggested presence of bladder wall tumour, but it was not found during two cystoscopies (probably in consequence of a high pressure of irrigative fluid in the bladder). Finally, third cystoscopy revealed presence of hemangioma on the postero-left wall of the urinary bladder. Tumour was excised by cystotomy with a cuff of full-thickness bladder wall. Pathological examination: haemangioma cavernosum.

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correspondence

Piotr Szynaka
Wojewódzki Szpital Zespolony
ul. Wołodyjowskiego 2/1
15-278 Białystok
tel. (085) 74 88 259
tel./fax (085) 74 88 252
piotrszynaka@wp.pl