title: [Cavernous hemangioma of the bladder].
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  Certain pathologic entities should be ruled out in the diagnostic work up of hematuria, because they are so rare that if they would not share diagnostic tests with more frequent urological diseases they could be missed. The cavernous haemangioma of the bladder is one of them.
  
  
  METHODS
  We report the case of a male patient presenting with rectal bleeding and hematuria with the diagnosis of rectal-vesical cavernous haemangioma.
  
  
  RESULTS
  After 8 years of follow-up he did not need surgical treatment, only blood transfusions at the time of diagnosis. He has self limited episodes of hematuria not requiring aggressive therapy.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  The cavernous haemangioma of the bladder is a rare disease presenting as bleeding bladder excrecent lesions that do not require surgery as first treatment option if the bleeding is not life-threatening.
authors.affiliation: Servicio de Urología, Hospital Virgen de la Arrixaca, Murcia, España. ignaciotorne@hotmail.com
authors.forename: Jesús I
authors.initials: JI
authors.lastname: Tornero Ruiz
authors.forename: Guillermo
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Gómez Gómez
authors.forename: José A
authors.initials: JA
authors.lastname: Nicolás Torralba
authors.forename: Mariano
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Pérez Albacete
mesh_terms: D006392:Hemangioma, Cavernous / Q000175:diagnosis*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D001749:Urinary Bladder Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis*