title: A 19-year-old female with blue rubber bleb nevus syndrome. Endoscopic laser photocoagulation and surgical resection of gastrointestinal angiomata.
abstract: A case of a blue rubber bleb nevus syndrome in a 19-year-old female patient with multiple cutaneous and gastrointestinal hemangiomata is described. Recurrent GI bleeding resulted in severe chronic anemia, which was successfully treated by endoscopic laser photocoagulation and surgical resection. Both forms of therapy had to be repeated 4 years later, the patient having been well in the meantime. This combined endoscopic and surgical approach might also improve the survival of patients with severe GI hemorrhage due to blue rubber bleb nevus syndrome.
authors.affiliation: Division of Gastroenterology, Riyadh Armed Forces Hospital, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia.
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Shahed
authors.forename: F
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Hagenmüller
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Rösch
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Classen
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Encke
authors.forename: J R
authors.initials: JR
authors.lastname: Siewert
authors.forename: M I
authors.initials: MI
authors.lastname: Ysawy
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: al Karawi
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000798:Angiomatosis / Q000601:surgery; D004724:Endoscopy; D005260:Female; D005770:Gastrointestinal Neoplasms / Q000601:surgery*; D006391:Hemangioma / Q000601:surgery*; D006801:Humans; D007834:Lasers; D008028:Light Coagulation; D009508:Nevus, Pigmented / Q000601:surgery*; D012878:Skin Neoplasms / Q000601:surgery*