• Title of article

    Extensive Blue Rubber Bleb Nevus Syndrome with Multiple Gastrointestinal Venous Malformations: A Case Report

  • Author/Authors

    Maryam Akhiani، نويسنده , , Soheil Fateh، نويسنده , , Alireza Ghanadan، نويسنده , , Vahideh Lajevardi، نويسنده ,

  • Issue Information
    فصلنامه با شماره پیاپی سال 2009
  • Pages
    4
  • From page
    99
  • To page
    102
  • Abstract
    Blue rubber bleb nevus syndrome is a sporadic disease with widely distributed dark blue papules and nodules and soft skin-colored compressible protuberances (rubber blebs) as well as large vascular malformations. Gasterointestinal lesions are documented by upper endoscopy and colonoscopy; hemorrhages from these lesions create iron- deficinecy anemia. Other sites of visceral involvement are less common.We report a 20-year-old male with multiple blue venous nodules on the face, neck, trunk and limbs with occasional bleeding. In addition, he had similar lesions in buccal mucosa and genitalia. Endoscopic examination revealed blue nodular lesions in gastrointestinal tract. Lab tests showed iron deficiency anemia.
  • Keywords
    blue rubber bleb nevus syndrome , Bean syndrome , Venous malformation , gastrointestinal bleeding , Iron deficiency anemia
  • Journal title
    Iranian Journal of Dermatology
  • Serial Year
    2009
  • Journal title
    Iranian Journal of Dermatology
  • Record number

    660227