저자들은 만성적인 철결핍성 빈혈을 보이는 10세 여아에서, 캡슐내시경을 비롯한 내시경적 검사로 위장관계의 다발성 정맥기형을 발견하여 blue rubber bleb nevus syndrome으로 진단하였고, 광범위한 외과적 절제술로 성공적으로 치료하였기에 이에 보고하는 바이다.
We report a 10-year-old girl with the blue rubber bleb nevus syndrome (BRBNS) who had chronic severe anemia caused by chronic occult bleeding in the gastrointestinal (GI) tract. The patient was admitted to the hospital frequently for recurrent pallor and fatigue since the age of 7 years. Gastroduodenoscopy and capsule endoscopy revealed multiple venous malformations with blood oozing in the stomach, small bowel and colon. The patient was treated by aggressive surgical resection of the 23 vascular malformations in the GI tract. The patient is well without anemia 15 months post surgery.
