title: Blue rubber bleb nevus syndrome: extensive small bowel vascular lesions responsible for gastrointestinal bleeding.
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.
authors: Department of Pediatric Gastroenterology, King Abdulaziz Medical City, National Guard Hospital, Jeddah, Saudi Arabia. hasosah2007@yahoo.com
authors: Mohammed Y
authors: MY
authors: Hasosah
authors: Ahmed A
authors: AA
authors: Abdul-Wahab
authors: Solaiman A
authors: SA
authors: Bin-Yahab
authors: Abdullah A
authors: AA
authors: Al-Rabeaah
authors: Mahmoud M
authors: MM
authors: Rimawi
authors: Yousif A
authors: YA
authors: Eyoni
authors: Mohamed B
authors: MB
authors: Satti
mesh_terms: D002648:Child; D005260:Female; D006471:Gastrointestinal Hemorrhage / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000503:physiopathology; D006801:Humans; D007421:Intestine, Small / Q000503:physiopathology*; D018329:Nevus, Blue / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000473:pathology*; D012878:Skin Neoplasms / Q000503:physiopathology*