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'''Blue rubber bleb nevus syndrome''' is characterized by gastrointestinal and cutaneous [[hemangioma]]s. | '''Blue rubber bleb nevus syndrome''', abbreviated '''BRBNS''', is characterized by gastrointestinal and cutaneous [[hemangioma]]s.<ref name=pmid11095569>{{Cite journal | last1 = Atten | first1 = MJ. | last2 = Ahmed | first2 = S. | last3 = Attar | first3 = BM. | last4 = Richter | first4 = H. | last5 = Mehta | first5 = B. | title = Massive pelvic hemangioma in a patient with blue rubber bleb nevus syndrome. | journal = South Med J | volume = 93 | issue = 11 | pages = 1122-5 | month = Nov | year = 2000 | doi = | PMID = 11095569 }}</ref> | ||
==General== | ==General== | ||
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==Gross== | ==Gross== | ||
*Skin.<ref name=pmid11095569/> | |||
*Gastrointestinal tract.<ref name=pmid19691801>{{Cite journal | last1 = Ng | first1 = EK. | last2 = Cheung | first2 = FK. | last3 = Chiu | first3 = PW. | title = Blue rubber bleb nevus syndrome: treatment of multiple gastrointestinal hemangiomas with argon plasma coagulator. | journal = Dig Endosc | volume = 21 | issue = 1 | pages = 40-2 | month = Jan | year = 2009 | doi = 10.1111/j.1443-1661.2008.00817.x | PMID = 19691801 }}</ref> | *Gastrointestinal tract.<ref name=pmid19691801>{{Cite journal | last1 = Ng | first1 = EK. | last2 = Cheung | first2 = FK. | last3 = Chiu | first3 = PW. | title = Blue rubber bleb nevus syndrome: treatment of multiple gastrointestinal hemangiomas with argon plasma coagulator. | journal = Dig Endosc | volume = 21 | issue = 1 | pages = 40-2 | month = Jan | year = 2009 | doi = 10.1111/j.1443-1661.2008.00817.x | PMID = 19691801 }}</ref> | ||
* | **[[Small bowel]] - most common.<ref name=pmid11095569/> | ||
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Image:IntestinesCase-36-back.jpg | Small bowel in BRBNS. (WC) | |||
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==Microscopic== | ==Microscopic== | ||
Latest revision as of 08:49, 3 July 2013
Blue rubber bleb nevus syndrome, abbreviated BRBNS, is characterized by gastrointestinal and cutaneous hemangiomas.[1]
General
- It is one of the painful skin lesions.
Gross
- Skin.[1]
- Gastrointestinal tract.[2]
- Small bowel - most common.[1]
Images
Small bowel in BRBNS. (WC)
Microscopic
- See cavernous hemangioma.
See also
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 Atten, MJ.; Ahmed, S.; Attar, BM.; Richter, H.; Mehta, B. (Nov 2000). "Massive pelvic hemangioma in a patient with blue rubber bleb nevus syndrome.". South Med J 93 (11): 1122-5. PMID 11095569.
- ↑ Ng, EK.; Cheung, FK.; Chiu, PW. (Jan 2009). "Blue rubber bleb nevus syndrome: treatment of multiple gastrointestinal hemangiomas with argon plasma coagulator.". Dig Endosc 21 (1): 40-2. doi:10.1111/j.1443-1661.2008.00817.x. PMID 19691801.