Blue rubber bleb nevus syndrome: A rare cause of chronic gastrointestinal bleed in adults

Singapore Medical Journal

Volumn 55, Issue 11, 2014, Pages e175-e176

  Deshpande, Gayatri Amit ^a   Samarasam, Inian ^a   George, Sam Varghese ^a   Chandran, Sudhakar ^a  

^a CHRISTIAN MEDICAL COLLEGE   (India)

Author keywords

Blue rubber bleb nevus syndrome; Chronic gastrointestinal bleed; Intussusception

Indexed keywords

ABDOMINAL PAIN; ADULT; ARTICLE; BLUE RUBBER BLEB NEVUS; CASE REPORT; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONGENITAL BLOOD VESSEL MALFORMATION; CONTRAST ENHANCEMENT; FATIGUE; GASTROINTESTINAL HEMORRHAGE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; INTESTINE INTUSSUSCEPTION; JEJUNOJEJUNAL INTUSSUSCEPTION; LAPAROTOMY; LIVER HEMANGIOMA; MALE; MELENA; POLYP; SOFT TISSUE INJURY; ULCER; COMPLICATION; GASTROINTESTINAL NEOPLASMS; NEVUS, BLUE; SKIN NEOPLASMS;

ADULT; GASTROINTESTINAL HEMORRHAGE; GASTROINTESTINAL NEOPLASMS; HUMANS; MALE; NEVUS, BLUE; SKIN NEOPLASMS;

EID: 84911888468     PISSN: 00375675     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.11622/smedj.2014164     Document Type: Article

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