A rare mass formation of the vulva: giant cavernous hemangioma.

J Low Genit Tract Dis

Department of Obstetric and Gynecology, Faculty of Medicine, Gaziantep University, Gaziantep, Turkey.

Published: January 2008

Objective: Vulvar hemangioma is an extremely rare pathology in adult women causing sexual dysfunction, pain, and cosmetic problems requiring therapeutic intervention.

Materials And Methods: We present a case of an isolated giant vulvar cavernous hemangioma with a 2-year history that macroscopically seemed to be a vulvar varicosis but was actually detected at the end to be cavernous hemangioma in an adult patient with no history of other disease.

Results: The patient was treated with surgical excision because of progressive complaints. Histopathologic evaluation suggested cavernous hemangioma.

Conclusion: Hemangiomas can undergo spontaneous involution; thus, treatment may be reserved for those lesions of functional or psychological concern. In this case, surgical correction was used both as a diagnostic method and as a therapeutic intervention because of progressive complaints such as pain, feeling of pressure, and sexual dysfunction.

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