Blue rubber bleb nevus
Jumbou, O.; Bureau, B.; Fleischmann, M.; Litoux, P.; Stalder, J.F.
Annales de Dermatologie et de Venereologie 120(3): 241-243
1993
ISSN/ISBN: 0151-9638 PMID: 8239366 Document Number: 415261
Blue Rubber Bleb Naevus (BRBN) is characterized by the presence of bluish haemangiomas on the skin and in the digestive tract. We report a new familial case of this rare entity. Analysis of this female patient's pedigree confirmed that BRBN is transmitted as an autosomal dominant trait. In this particular case gastrointestinal haemangiomas appeared over a 4-year period. Although all treatments of this disease have proved disappointing on the skin as well as in the digestive tract, we insist on the need for a regular and prolonged surveillance.