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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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Autores principales: Ogu, Ugochi O., Abusin, Ghada, Abu-Arja, Rolla F., Staber, Janice M.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Hindawi 2018
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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.
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Successful Management of Blue Rubber Bleb Nevus Syndrome (BRBNS) with Sirolimus
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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
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url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6196891/
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