Cavernous hemangioma of the urinary bladder in an 8-year-old child.
An 8-year-old boy was admitted to Ehime University Hospital, Ehime, Japan, for the further investigation of a 5-month episode of gross hematuria accompanied by lower abdominal pain. Magnetic resonance imaging revealed a solid tumor measuring 3 cm in diameter of the bladder wall. Cystoscopy demonstrated a red, wide-based, nodular tumor situated on the dome of the bladder. Histological examination of tissue taken at hot biopsy showed fibrolipoma. In consideration of potential malignancy, a partial cystectomy was carried out after informed consent was given. Histological examination of the resected specimen showed it to be cavernous hemangioma.
Ikeda
Tetsuhiro
T
Department of Urology, Ehime University School of Medicine, Onsen-gun, Japan. iketetsu@m.ehime-u.ac.jp
Shimamoto
Kenji
K
Tanji
Nozomu
N
Ohoka
Hiroji
H
Nishio
Shunji
S
Yokoyama
Masayoshi
M
Ikeda
Minoru
M
D002648:Child; D015653:Cystectomy / Q000379:methods; D006392:Hemangioma, Cavernous / Q000473:pathology* / Q000601:surgery; D006417:Hematuria / Q000209:etiology; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D001749:Urinary Bladder Neoplasms / Q000473:pathology* / Q000601:surgery