title: Urethral hemangioma: case report and review of the literature.
abstract: Hemangiomas are benign vascular tumors. They are the prerogative of the liver and skin. And genitourinary localizations are rare and have only been rarely reported in the prostat, bladder, ureter or the perineum. In the light of published cases, urethral hemangiomas are mostly found in males. Few cases of hemangioma in the female urethra were reported. We report a cavernous hemangioma of the urethra in a 61 years old patient who presented bleeding from the urethra and micturition disorders. Physical examination revealed a tumor 3 cm x 2 polyploid arising from the terminal urethra (urethral hemangioma). We performed surgical resection of the tumor, along with bladder drainage. The postoperative course was simple. We update through a review of the literature aspects of the diagnostic and therapeutic care of the urethral hemangioma.
authors.affiliation: Urology B, Ibn Sina University Hospital, Rabat, Morocco.
authors.forename: Souhail
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Regragui
authors.affiliation: Urology B, Ibn Sina University Hospital, Rabat, Morocco.
authors.forename: Amine
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Slaoui
authors.affiliation: Urology B, Ibn Sina University Hospital, Rabat, Morocco.
authors.forename: Tarik
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Karmouni
authors.affiliation: Urology B, Ibn Sina University Hospital, Rabat, Morocco.
authors.forename: Khalid
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: El Khader
authors.affiliation: Urology B, Ibn Sina University Hospital, Rabat, Morocco.
authors.forename: Abdelatif
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Koutani
authors.affiliation: Urology B, Ibn Sina University Hospital, Rabat, Morocco.
authors.forename: Ahmed Ibn
authors.initials: AI
authors.lastname: Attya
mesh_terms: D005260:Female; D006392:Hemangioma, Cavernous / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery; D006470:Hemorrhage / Q000209:etiology; D006801:Humans; D008875:Middle Aged; D014523:Urethral Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery; D014555:Urination Disorders / Q000209:etiology*
keywords: Urethral hemangioma; surgery; woman