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Successful Management of Blue Rubber Bleb Nevus Syndrome (BRBNS) with Sirolimus
Blue rubber bleb nevus syndrome (BRBNS) is a rare disease with vascular malformations in several systems of the body, most commonly the skin and gastrointestinal tract. Bleeding from the gastrointestinal (GI) tract is a major complication, which may lead to chronic iron deficiency anemia and the nee...
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6196891/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/30402320 http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2018/7654278 |
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author | Ogu, Ugochi O. Abusin, Ghada Abu-Arja, Rolla F. Staber, Janice M. |
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description | Blue rubber bleb nevus syndrome (BRBNS) is a rare disease with vascular malformations in several systems of the body, most commonly the skin and gastrointestinal tract. Bleeding from the gastrointestinal (GI) tract is a major complication, which may lead to chronic iron deficiency anemia and the need for frequent blood transfusions due to ongoing gastrointestinal blood loss. In this case report, we describe a now 19-year-old female with BRBNS who required six blood transfusions per year and after starting sirolimus is symptom- and transfusion-free. |
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spelling | pubmed-61968912018-11-06 Successful Management of Blue Rubber Bleb Nevus Syndrome (BRBNS) with Sirolimus Ogu, Ugochi O. Abusin, Ghada Abu-Arja, Rolla F. Staber, Janice M. Case Rep Pediatr Case Report Blue rubber bleb nevus syndrome (BRBNS) is a rare disease with vascular malformations in several systems of the body, most commonly the skin and gastrointestinal tract. Bleeding from the gastrointestinal (GI) tract is a major complication, which may lead to chronic iron deficiency anemia and the need for frequent blood transfusions due to ongoing gastrointestinal blood loss. In this case report, we describe a now 19-year-old female with BRBNS who required six blood transfusions per year and after starting sirolimus is symptom- and transfusion-free. Hindawi 2018-10-08 /pmc/articles/PMC6196891/ /pubmed/30402320 http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2018/7654278 Text en Copyright © 2018 Ugochi O. Ogu et al. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ This is an open access article distributed under the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited. |
spellingShingle | Case Report Ogu, Ugochi O. Abusin, Ghada Abu-Arja, Rolla F. Staber, Janice M. Successful Management of Blue Rubber Bleb Nevus Syndrome (BRBNS) with Sirolimus |
title | Successful Management of Blue Rubber Bleb Nevus Syndrome (BRBNS) with Sirolimus |
title_full | Successful Management of Blue Rubber Bleb Nevus Syndrome (BRBNS) with Sirolimus |
title_fullStr | Successful Management of Blue Rubber Bleb Nevus Syndrome (BRBNS) with Sirolimus |
title_full_unstemmed | Successful Management of Blue Rubber Bleb Nevus Syndrome (BRBNS) with Sirolimus |
title_short | Successful Management of Blue Rubber Bleb Nevus Syndrome (BRBNS) with Sirolimus |
title_sort | successful management of blue rubber bleb nevus syndrome (brbns) with sirolimus |
topic | Case Report |
url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6196891/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/30402320 http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2018/7654278 |
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