Blue rubber bleb nevus syndrome: extensive small bowel vascular lesions responsible for gastrointestinal bleeding

J Paediatr Child Health. 2010 Jan;46(1-2):63-5. doi: 10.1111/j.1440-1754.2009.01619.x. Epub 2009 Nov 23.

Abstract

Blue Rubber Bleb Nevus Syndrome is a rare condition characterised by multiorgan venous malformations, in particular of cutaneous area and the gastrointestinal (GI) tract. We report here a child with chronic iron deficiency anaemia, melena and skin lesions. She had severe hypochromic microcytic anaemia. Upper and lower endoscopy revealed hundreds of red-bluish polypoid lesions involving the entire GI tract primarily of the small bowel. Due to localisation of the most severe lesions, the patient responded well to surgical treatment, allowing a sustained clinical remission.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Child
  • Female
  • Gastrointestinal Hemorrhage / diagnosis*
  • Gastrointestinal Hemorrhage / drug therapy
  • Gastrointestinal Hemorrhage / physiopathology
  • Humans
  • Intestine, Small / physiopathology*
  • Nevus, Blue / drug therapy
  • Nevus, Blue / pathology*
  • Skin Neoplasms / physiopathology*