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http://archive.cmb.ac.lk:8080/xmlui/handle/70130/2224| Title: | Blue rubber bleb naevus syndrome |
| Authors: | Nanayakkara, P.R. Samarasekera, D.N. |
| Issue Date: | 2007 |
| Citation: | Vol. 52. No 4. December 2007 |
| Abstract: | 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 BRBNS 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/70130/2224 |
| Appears in Collections: | Department of Surgery and Anaesthesiology |
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