Blue rubber bleb naevus: case report and literature review

Blue rubber bleb naevus syndrome is a rare cutaneous-digestive angiomatosis , described first by William Bean in 1958, Today, there are more than 200 c ases published, The dangers of this syndrome include angiomata in the brain , kidneys or lungs (due to vasculature obliteration by in situ thrombosis). Patients are scanned with technetium-labelled red blood cells in order to identify the affected organs, Multiple techniques are used to treat the les ions by gastrointestinal endoscopy. Eur J Gastroenterol Hepatol 11:455-457 (C) 1999 Lippincott Williams & Wilkins.