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Blue rubber bleb naevus

1999; Lippincott Williams & Wilkins; Volume: 11; Issue: 4 Linguagem: Inglês

10.1097/00042737-199904000-00017

1473-5687

Carolina Fernandes, Amílcar Silva, A Macieira Coelho, Mario Campos, F A Pontes,

Gastrointestinal disorders and treatments

Blue rubber bleb naevus syndrome is a rare cutaneous-digestive angiomatosis, described first by William Bean in 1958. Today, there are more than 200 cases published. The dangers of this syndrome include angiomata in the brain, kidneys or lungs (due to vasculature obliteration by in situ thrombosis). Patients are scanned with technetium-labelled red blood cells in order to identify the affected organs. Multiple techniques are used to treat the lesions by gastrointestinal endoscopy. Eur J Gastroenterol Hepatol 11:455–457 1999 Lippincott Williams & Wilkins