Features of the diagnostics and treatment of a rare source of small bowel bleeding — venous malformations of the small bowel with Blue rubber bleb nevus syndrome (Bean’s syndrome)
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Extensive Blue Rubber Bleb Nevus Syndrome with Multiple Gastrointestinal Venous Malformations: A Case Report
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 irondeficinecy anemia. Other sites of visceral involvement are less c...
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The blue rubber bleb nevus syndrome (BRBNS) or Bean syndrome is a relatively rare congenital disorder characterized by the presence of multiple cutaneous and visceral venous malformations, particularly in the digestive tract; the lesions progressively increase in number and size. These patients, particularly in the severe cases, typically develop intense chronic iron deficiency anemia secondary...
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عنوان ژورنال: Experimental and Clinical Gastroenterology
سال: 2020
ISSN: 1682-8658
DOI: 10.31146/1682-8658-ecg-175-3-108-112