title: Cavernous hemangioma of the cervix: a rare cause of vaginal bleeding.
abstract: Cavernous hemangiomas of the cervix are extremely rare, benign lesions. To date, fewer than 50 cases have been reported. Here reported is a case of cavernous hemangioma of the cervix in a 53-year-old patient with the complaint of postcoital spotting. Most of these lesions are asymptomatic incidental findings, but sometimes, they may cause abnormal vaginal bleeding in the form of menometrorrhagia and postcoital spotting. They should be included in the differential diagnosis of patients with vaginal bleeding.
authors.affiliation: Zekai Tahir Burak Women's Health Education and Research Hospital, Ankara, Turkey. sebnemsenozyer@yahoo.com
authors.forename: Sebnem
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Ozyer
authors.forename: Ozlem
authors.initials: O
authors.lastname: Uzunlar
authors.forename: Muhammet
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Gocmen
authors.forename: Suleyman
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Bal
authors.forename: Levent
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Srvan
authors.forename: Leyla
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Mollamahmutoğlu
mesh_terms: D005260:Female; D006392:Hemangioma, Cavernous / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000601:surgery; D006801:Humans; D008875:Middle Aged; D002583:Uterine Cervical Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000601:surgery; D014592:Uterine Hemorrhage / Q000209:etiology* / Q000601:surgery