title: Vaginal bleeding due to an infantile hemangioma in a 3-year-old girl.
abstract: BACKGROUND
  Infantile hemangiomas may cause vaginal bleeding in prepubescent girls.
  
  
  METHODS
  A 3-year-old girl was referred for evaluation of painless vaginal bleeding. Her initial evaluation was nondiagnostic. The girl's physical examination was remarkable only for an infantile hemangioma of her right hand. A vaginoscopy was performed and a hemangioma of the anterior vaginal wall was identified. The patient was managed conservatively. Her bleeding has decreased in amount and frequency.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Infantile hemangiomas are a potential cause of vaginal bleeding in young girls and should be suspected if a child has a hemangioma on another part of their body. Most infantile hemangiomas resolve without therapy.
authors.affiliation: Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, University of Florida College of Medicine, Gainesville, FL 32608, USA.
authors.forename: M Gerard
authors.initials: MG
authors.lastname: Jackson
authors.forename: Judith
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Simms-Cendan
authors.forename: Shireen Madani
authors.initials: SM
authors.lastname: Sims
authors.forename: Frederick W
authors.initials: FW
authors.lastname: McLean
authors.forename: Jill
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Roscoe
authors.forename: Helen
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Ross
authors.forename: John D
authors.initials: JD
authors.lastname: Davis
mesh_terms: D002675:Child, Preschool; D005260:Female; D006391:Hemangioma / Q000150:complications* / Q000175:diagnosis*; D006801:Humans; D008796:Metrorrhagia / Q000209:etiology*; D014625:Vaginal Neoplasms / Q000150:complications* / Q000175:diagnosis*