title: Unilateral, Linear Blue Rubber Bleb Nevus Syndrome (Bean's syndrome): An Unfamiliar Presentation: First Case from India.
abstract: Blue rubber bleb nevus syndrome (BRBNS) also called Bean's syndrome is a rare disorder characterized by multiple cutaneous venous malformations in association with visceral lesions, most commonly affecting the gastrointestinal tract. We report here, a 21-year-old woman patient, who presented with unilateral, blaschkoid distribution of cutaneous venous malformations along with blue rubber bleb nevus and recurrent episodes of hematochezia due to vascular lesions in the sigmoid colon; likely to be a case of BRBNS. The unusual unilateral, blaschkoid distribution of BRBNS prompted this present report.
authors.affiliation: Department of Dermatology, Medical College and Hospital, Kolkata, West Bengal, India.
authors.forename: Karan
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Sancheti
authors.affiliation: Department of Dermatology, Medical College and Hospital, Kolkata, West Bengal, India.
authors.forename: Indrashis
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Podder
authors.affiliation: Department of Dermatology, Medical College and Hospital, Kolkata, West Bengal, India.
authors.forename: Anupam
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Das
authors.affiliation: Department of General Surgery, Medical College and Hospital, Kolkata, West Bengal, India.
authors.forename: Sourav
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Choudhury
authors.affiliation: Department of Dermatology, Medical College and Hospital, Kolkata, West Bengal, India.
authors.forename: Somodyuti
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Chandra
authors.affiliation: Department of Dermatology, Medical College and Hospital, Kolkata, West Bengal, India.
authors.forename: Ramesh Chandra
authors.initials: RC
authors.lastname: Gharami
keywords: Blue rubber bleb nevus syndrome; hematochezia; unilateral blaschkoid distribution