title: Urethral hemangioma in a prepubertal female patient: Report of a rare case.
abstract: BACKGROUND
  Urethral hemangiomas commonly occur in men or elderly women. We presented a rare case of urethral hemangioma in a prepubertal female patient.
  
  
  METHODS
  An 8-year-old girl had the complaints of bloody staining of clothing, a foul perineal odor, and urethral pain. She was brought to our genitourinary outpatient department for survey and a single, 1-cm compressible reddish nodule at the 10-2 o'clock position in the distal urethra was found.
  
  
  METHODS
  Urethral hemangioma in a prepubertal girl was diagnosed after excision of the urethral nodule.
  
  
  METHODS
  Excision with 8 "stay" sutures in the protruding urethral mucosa was performed.
  
  
  RESULTS
  Normal micturition without symptom recurrence was noted at the 3-month follow-up.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Urethral hemangioma is also found in prepubertal female patient. Increased physician awareness and early recognition of a urethral hemangioma can avoid unnecessary examinations and patient anxiety. The procedure of excision with 8 "stay" sutures in the protruding urethral mucosa facilitates mobilization from the distal urethra and provides a good surgical view of abnormal proliferative blood vessels. Therefore, the lesion can be removed as clean as possible.
authors.affiliation: Division of Urology, Department of Surgery Department of Neurological Surgery, Tri-Service General Hospital, National Defense Medical Center, Taipei Department of Surgery, Kaohsiung Armed Forces General Hospital, Kaohsiung Department of Surgery, Tri-Service General Hospital Songshan Branch Department of Pathology, Tri-Service General Hospital, National Defense Medical Center, Taipei, Taiwan.
authors.forename: Chiao-Ching
authors.initials: CC
authors.lastname: Li
authors.forename: Chiao-Zhu
authors.initials: CZ
authors.lastname: Li
authors.forename: Ching-Heng
authors.initials: CH
authors.lastname: Yen
authors.forename: Wen-Chuan
authors.initials: WC
authors.lastname: Tsai
authors.forename: Sheng-Tang
authors.initials: ST
authors.lastname: Wu
authors.forename: Tai-Lung
authors.initials: TL
authors.lastname: Cha
authors.forename: En
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Meng
mesh_terms: D002648:Child; D005260:Female; D006391:Hemangioma / Q000473:pathology*; D006801:Humans; D014523:Urethral Neoplasms / Q000473:pathology*