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Diffuse cavernous hemangioma of the uterus

The diffuse cavernous hemangioma of the uterus is a rare condition, and many times underdiagnosed by not showing a typical clinical picture. It is an hamartomatous lesion, where the myometrial wall is totally or partially replaced by a proliferation of arteries and veins, occurring fistulas among themselves. The authors present the case of a patient whose diagnosis of diffuse cavernous hemangioma of the uterus was made through an occasional finding, once the patient had no clinical symptoms.

Hemangioma; Cavernous; Diffuse; Uterus; Anatomopathologic


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