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HEMANGIOMA OF THE SCROTUM AS THE RARE REASON OF GENITO-URINARY TRACT BLEEDING
Article published in Urologia Polska 1997/50/1.

authors

Cezary Szcześniak, Maciej Czaplicki
Katedra i Klinika Urologii
Instytutu Chirurgii AM w Warszawie
Kierownik Kliniki: prof. dr hab. med. A. Borkowski

keywords

scrotum hemangioma cavernosum haematuria

summary

The paper presents a case of scrotum hemangioma constituting a very rare cause of
genitourinary tract bleeding. A 21 -year old male patient was successfully treated by simple
excision of hemangioma of the scrotum. There was no recurrent bleeding during one year
of observation. Key words: hemangioma of the scrotum, genito-urinary tract bleeding.

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