Blue rubber bleb nevus syndrome with late onset of central nervous system symptomatic involvement.
Blue rubber bleb nevus syndrome is a rare vascular disorder characterized by cavernous angiomas of skin and other organs including the gastrointestinal tract. The central nervous system involvement is seldom reported, and neurological symptoms at onset in adulthood are extremely rare. Here, we describe a case of 82-year-old patient presenting multiple skin haemangiomas for some years, who was admitted for a brain hemorrhage. The MRI demonstrated the presence of multiple cavernous angiomas within the cerebral tissue.
Tomelleri
Giampaolo
G
Unità Operativa Di Neurologia, Azienda Ospedaliera-Universitaria, Verona, Italy. giampaolo.tomelleri@azosp.vr.it
Cappellari
Manuel
M
Di Matteo
Alessandro
A
Zanoni
Tiziano
T
Colato
Chiara
C
Bovi
Paolo
P
Moretto
Giuseppe
G
D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D002493:Central Nervous System Diseases / Q000209:etiology* / Q000473:pathology*; D017809:Fatal Outcome; D020786:Hemangioma, Cavernous, Central Nervous System / Q000150:complications* / Q000473:pathology*; D006801:Humans; D002538:Intracranial Arteriovenous Malformations / Q000150:complications / Q000473:pathology; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging; D008297:Male; D018329:Nevus, Blue / Q000150:complications* / Q000473:pathology*; D012867:Skin / Q000473:pathology; D020521:Stroke / Q000150:complications; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed