Blue Rubber Bleb Nevus Syndrome, an Unusual Cause of Upper Gastro Intestinal Bleeding: A Case Report

Soukaina BANANI^*, Ossama Helmy, El Rhaoussi Fatima Zahra, Tahiri Mohammed, Hliwa Wafaa, Haddad Fouad, Bellebah Ahmed, Badre Wafaa

Department of Hepato Gastro Enterology, Hassan II University of Casablanca, Morocco

Dr. Banani Soukaina, Department of Hepato Gastro Enterology, Hassan II University of Casablanca, Morocco.

Keywords: Nevus Syndrome; Intestinal Bleeding

Abstract

Blue rubber bleb nevus syndrome or bean’s syndrome, is a rare congenital disorder characterized by the presence of vascular malformations in the skin and other internal organs with a predilection of the gastro intestinal tract. The most common clinical manifestations are gastrointestinal bleeding causing severe iron deficiency anemia, and bluish-purple soft compressible nodules on skin or mucous membranes usually present at birth or during early childhood. We presented a clinical case of upper gastrointestinal bleeding revealing a blue rubber bleb nevus syndrome treated symptomatically with good evolution.

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