A cavernous haemangioma of the uterine cervix during pregnancy

Abstract

Cavernous haemangioma of the uterine cervix is extremely rare. Fewer than 50 have been reported cases to date. A nulliparous term woman presented with a sensation of "something coming out" of her introitus. The mass was found to be large, 8 cm in diameter, and arising from the uterine cervix. It was clinically diagnosed as a cervical fibroid. The mass was surgically resected and was sent for histopathological study. Grossly, it was a wellcircumscribed, greyish-brown mass, measuring 6 x 7 x 8 cm. From the biopsy, the diagnosis that was made was cervical cavernous haemangioma. The patient later delivered a child by Caesarean section. Although cavernous haemangioma of the uterine cervix in pregnancy is a rare entity, it should be kept in mind as a differential diagnosis by clinicians.

Haemangiomatous polyp of uterine cervix: a rare cause of post-coital bleeding – a case report.

“…Introduction: Cavernous haemangioma of uterine cervix is an extremely rare benign vascular lesion 1,2 . Till now, very few cases have been reported in the English literature 1,2 . It may remain clinically silent or presents with menometrorrhagia, post-coital bleeding, postmenopausal vaginal bleeding 3 .…”

“…On gross examination, it was a smooth elongated brownish polypoid mass measuring 6x2x2cm with brown-black cut surface (Figure 1). 1,3 . Although most of the cases remain asymptomatic, about 35% cases present with per-vaginal bleeding 8 .…”

“…Grossly cavernous haemangiomas of cervix are port-wine or brownish spongy mass. Clinically it often simulates a cervical polyp and it may be mistakenly diagnosed as malignant lesion particularly when it presents with irregular or ulcerative lesion 1,7 .…”

“…Haemangiomas are common benign vascular tumour4 . Though common in childhood, haemangiomas can occur at any age group with a wide distribution throughout the body1,4 . But cavernous haemangioma of uterine cervix is very rare1,2,4 .…”

“…Though common in childhood, haemangiomas can occur at any age group with a wide distribution throughout the body1,4 . But cavernous haemangioma of uterine cervix is very rare1,2,4 . Among the various morphologic types of haemangiomas, capillary haemangiomas are most common type in all over the body as well as in cervix.…”