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http://archive.cmb.ac.lk:8080/xmlui/handle/70130/5807| Title: | Blue Rubber Bleb Nevus Syndrome |
| Authors: | Nanayakkara, P R Samarasekera, D. N. |
| Keywords: | multiple haemangiomas |
| Issue Date: | 2007 |
| Publisher: | The Sri Lanka Medical Association |
| Citation: | Nanayakkara, P. and Samarasekera, D., 2009. Blue rubber bleb naevus syndrome. Ceylon Medical Journal, 52(4), pp.143–144. DOI: http://doi.org/10.4038/cmj.v52i4.920 |
| Abstract: | ntroduction Blue rubber bleb naevus syndrome (BRBNS) is a rare clinical entity characterised by multiple haemangiomas commonly occurring in the skin and the gastrointestinal (Gl) tract. The association between these cutaneous cavernous haemangiomas and similar lesions in the U l tract was first described in 1860 and the acronym BRBN S was given by Bean in 1958 [ l J, Patients may present with massive GI bleeding or anaemia due to chronic occult bleeding. |
| URI: | http://archive.cmb.ac.lk:8080/xmlui/handle/70130/5807 |
| Appears in Collections: | Articles (local / International) |
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