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Urethral hemangioma: Laser treatment

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Urethral hemangioma is a rare cause of hematuria for which variousmodalities of treatment have been used. We report a young patient, whopresented with hematuria and in whom urethrocystoscopy showed multiplehemangiomas in penile urethra. These were fulgurated successfully withNd-YAG laser.

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  1. Department of Urology, All India Institute of Medical Sciences, New Delhi, India

    A. Khaitan & A.K. Hemal

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Khaitan, A., Hemal, A. Urethral hemangioma: Laser treatment. Int Urol Nephrol 32, 285–286 (2000). https://doi.org/10.1023/A:1007179428592

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