Blue rubber-bleb naevus syndrome.
A case is reported of a patient who presented with facial pain and was found to have phleboliths associated with venous anomalies of the face and neck. Systemic investigation revealed a microcytic, hypochromic anaemia which was the result of haemorrhage from multiple haemangiomas of the gastro-intestinal tract. The finding of anaemia together with cutaneous and intestinal haemangiomas fits with a diagnosis of blue rubber-bleb naevus syndrome.
Crosher
R F
RF
Charles Clifford Dental Hospital, Sheffield.
Blackburn
C W
CW
Dinsdale
R C
RC
D000328:Adult; D002137:Calculi / Q000473:pathology*; D005145:Face / Q000098:blood supply*; D005260:Female; D006258:Head and Neck Neoplasms / Q000098:blood supply / Q000473:pathology*; D006391:Hemangioma / Q000098:blood supply / Q000473:pathology*; D006801:Humans; D007414:Intestinal Neoplasms / Q000098:blood supply / Q000473:pathology; D009506:Nevus; D013577:Syndrome; D014652:Vascular Diseases / Q000473:pathology; D014680:Veins