A Case of Vulvar Arteriovenous Hemangioma.

Lee, Sang Ho; Kim, Sa Jin; Kim, Jin A; Kim, Min Joung; Kweon, In; Heo, Su Young; Lee, Gui Sera; Shin, Joung Chul; Kim, En Jung

Case Report

Korean Journal of Obstetrics & Gynecology 2002;45(1):189-191.
Published online January 1, 2002.

A Case of Vulvar Arteriovenous Hemangioma.

Sang Ho Lee, Sa Jin Kim, Jin A Kim, Min Joung Kim, In Kweon, Su Young Heo, Gui Sera Lee, Joung Chul Shin, En Jung Kim

¹Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, College of Medicine, Catholic university of Korea.
²Department of Pathology, College of Medicine, Catholic university of Korea.

Abstract

Vulvar ateriovenous hemangioma is a rare pathologic lesion, encountered in Bartholin's glands of vulva. Little has previously described in the litherature. A painless vulvar mass occurred accidently in a healthy women after cesarean delivery. There was no obvious lesion on the skin. Excisional biopsy revealed a vascular lesion in the subcutaneous layer, consistent with arterio-venous hemangioma. The mass was sucessfully treated by excision, and the patients was asymptomatic for five months later. so, we report this case with a brief review of literatures.

Key Words: Arteriovenous hemangioma, Vulvar